{"id":146,"date":"2009-06-27T23:12:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T23:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowgst.ca\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2009-06-27T23:12:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T23:12:50","slug":"news-flash-project-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowgst.ca\/blog\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"News Flash Project: Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"
News Flash.<\/span><\/div>\n
Today was one of great advances.<\/span><\/div>\n
We have a meeting with one of the children in their homes, this will probably get us into more homes.<\/span><\/div>\n
Tonight I spent from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. in surgery with two of the little ones.\u00c2\u00a0 I got in because one of the ladies from our church has a medical supplies business and is supplying the machine to debride the dead tissue, and the bandages with silver nitrate which help heal the burns.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our first patient was an adorable 4 month old baby, named Sofia.\u00c2\u00a0 She had burns to her face legs and arms.\u00c2\u00a0 Sofie came in smiling and calm.\u00c2\u00a0 I talked with the mom and asked about her little girl only to find out that the trauma of seeing her 4 month old with severe burns \u00c2\u00a0was not the only stress in her life but that\u00c2\u00a0she and her husband were\u00c2\u00a0grieving the loss of their 2 year old boy in the same fire.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sofie is coming along very well, her skin grafts took nicely and her stitches were taken out.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The second little girl was three, Dana. She had more severe burns to her arms legs and the top of her head, as she was old enough to cover her face, it remained adorable and unharmed.\u00c2\u00a0 Dana was very scared, she cried in fear, she didn’t want her arm to be cut off.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the exact point that a Child Life Thereapist\u00c2\u00a0 with all their techniques and distraction tools would have been useful.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I had nothing with me as I was not yet there to do therapy.\u00c2\u00a0 So I blew up a surgical glove and created it with a smile and eyes so it could be a friend.\u00c2\u00a0 We played volleyball and counted her toes.\u00c2\u00a0 It calmed her for a bit, but the anxiety was definitely there and the mom looked very tired!<\/span><\/div>\n
Dana recieved more skin grafts and more stitches.<\/span><\/div>\n
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After the surgeries I went up stairs with the surgeon to talk to the families of\u00c2\u00a0Sofia, Dana and one other 7 month old baby. I introduce myself and our desire to do Child LIfe Therapy.\u00c2\u00a0 All three families have accepted our offer to come in tomorrow to start therapy,\u00c2\u00a0so praise God -we are into the Hospitals!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Other minsitries that we would like to do with regards to this fire, is to have a supper for the families who have lost their kids and have a guest speaker who will talk about Surviving the Storm After the Death of Your Child<\/span>, this would include talks about drawing closer to your spouse, and God.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We would like to give a book to help them through and just be there for them, praying for them and comforting them.\u00c2\u00a0 Pray that God would confirm if our plans are His.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Well I praise God for all that is happening.\u00c2\u00a0 I have 4 weeks to train a therapist, as we leave for Canada on July 22nd, please pray for this.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Love Shelli<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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