Update by Bernadette Lloyd Adams, Godmother to Diego
Diego is home! Thanks be to God he is doing much better than before.
He had to return to the hospital for four weeks after not being able to gain sufficient weight. While he was there the doctors discovered that his feeding tube (which went through his nose) was causing him to vomit, which explains his inability to gain weight. The doctors changed his feeding tube to be a G tube, one that goes directly into his stomach.
Since the feeding tube transfer, he is much happier and gaining weight!
The doctors were also able to give Diego hernia surgery which, thank God, went well.
Perhaps the most frightening part of the hospital stay was Diego’s pneumatosis: a condition which traps air inside of the bowels. The way that the doctors fixed the pneumatosis was by not feeding Diego so that his stomach emptied out completely in order for his bowels to
rest.
Diego was six. days. without. food.
Now imagine the worry and sorrow of these poor parents Maria and Andres who are watching their child cry for food for six agonizingly long days. I am sure it would send any one of us into a spiral of despair in God’s mercy and providence. Thanks to your prayers that has not happened. Thanks be to God Diego survived those six days AND is now home!
So, what’s next? The doctors have informed Maria and Andres that if he continues to gain weight steadily that he will be ready for his next surgery in a few months which will be another open-heart surgery called the Yasui procedure.
Please continue to pray for the Youshimats family, who are in serious need of the Divine Assistance.
How can we expect, in Christian Hope, as an extension of liturgical & family & personal prayer, that He will come swiftly to their aid? One way is by the alms-giving of us, the Family's fellow-members in the local Body of Christ.
