Leslie and I want to thank you all for your fervent prayers for Evi and our family the last week and a half. We have had many emotional, physical and spiritual high and lows since this has happened, and it has made a huge difference that you are covering us with prayer. Sorry for the delay in updates as it has been difficult to find internet access here at the hospital in Dallas. I hope to be able to send regular updates more often as things slow down.
We arrived Friday afternoon and were met by two vehicles from the hospital waiting to pick us up. This was a welcome relief after over 40 hours of traveling from Maseru to Texas. Leslie never even had the chance to go home and pack, so I am held responsible for forgotten items =). We also had the privilege of having Sarah, a pediatrician with the Baylor clinic in Lesotho travel with us to help make sure Evi was OK while we traveled. This was an incredible blessing as the trip would have been impossible without her loving and caring help. We never even met her until we picked her up to take her with us. The trip was hard for Evi as it was difficult for her to move at all and she could never get comfortable. As a result it was very difficult for her to take her pain medication, and get any sleep.
We Arrived at the hospital, and was met by a young lady named Heather that has spent the last three days sorting out dozens of phone calls and e-mails regarding our arrival in Dallas. We had over 40 offers of places to stay all around the Dallas area. She narrowed down the search to about 4 places that were a reasonable driving distance from the hospital. We are going to be staying at Park City Baptist Church’s missionary guest house. This is a huge blessing and we are thankful to have a great place to stay. We will be moving into this house tomorrow. We are currently staying in a Doctor’s room that is located in the hospital.
Evi went into surgery on Saturday morning, where the doctors determined the damage and helped to clean out the wound. We then scheduled surgery on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and the following Monday where we would determine if the foot was viable to save. Today Evi went into surgery at 1:30 PM and it wasn’t long afterwards when the doctor came out to talk to us. The foot’s damage was getting worse, and was continuing to die off. He made the decision today that he had to amputate the foot immediately. This came as a shock because we were not prepared in the least to expect a decision like that today. After the initial shock and tears God began to comfort us once again. There was an incredible team of Christian surgeons and nurses that were looking after Evi (Isn’t God good!!). One of the top surgeons in the world for Pediatric amputations scrubbed in for the surgery as well. Evi is continuing to sleep even now at 10 PM. This is still the beginning of Evi’s hospital stay in Texas. This week she will still go in for surgery on Wednesday and Friday in order to clean the wound and remove the rest of the dead soft tissue in her leg. On Monday the 18th we will begin her first and hopefully last skin graft.
We appreciate you continued prayers and e-mails of support. I have not even had time to read through all of the e-mails. Continue to pray for us as we determine our plans for the next several months. We have a temporary vehicle for the next 3 weeks, but are unsure about what vehicle we will have after that. But God has answered all of our needs, and has truly blessed us with friends and family in Dallas. The Christian community has greeted us with open arms.
Love,
The Hulls Family
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