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Dear Friends, ************************************************************** God Bless everyone of you that has been praying for
Elisabeta. The way things are at the moment is that we were at the
doctors yesterday and they said her left eye is doing good. Today
Dr. Shenk told us that we should come and see him on Monday, Jan. 15th at
8:30 AM, for a checkup in Vancouver, then to go to Portland at 10:00 AM to
see another specialist where the final decision is made about operating on
the right eye. Pray for wisdom for the doctors and patience for all
concerned and perseverance to follow through to the end of this
blessing. Pray also all goes through well for the location for a
second operation. Tomorrow Elvira, the mother, will see a Dr. Kozie
who will examine her ears which might result in some small surgery.
The mother needs this but is a little scared. ************************************************************** 1/12/01 Hello everyone, thank you for all your prayers.
Today Elvira the mother went to have a hearing test and after a lot of
tests she was diagnosed as having 80 percent hearing on her right ear and
her left ear was diagnosed as being irreparable and she is permanently
deaf in this ear. Both ears have holes that have appeared through
infections. They said they could operate on her right ear but they
will not because if the operation is not successful then she will be deaf
all her life and they only operate on people who have at least partial
hearing in both ears. Their solution was to give some drops for the
right ear and they will soon provide a suitable hearing aid. Elvira
was happy to have at least this help. Keep in mind Monday AM when
Elisabeta will be checked again. ************************************************************** 1/17/01 News came today from Doctor Shenk that a second surgery
on the right eye will take place. All specialists agree to go ahead.
Arrangements are being made with a hospital and surgery will be scheduled
for January 30th if possible. Doctor Dryer of Portland will do the
surgery with Doctor Shenk assisting. Please be in prayer for the
arrangements and the Doctors involved. ************************************************************** 1/24/01 Hello friends, ************************************************************** 1/28/01 Hello prayer partners. There has been a change in the
plans of things. Dr Shenk has come back from a conference and was expected
to do the surgery on Tuesday as you all knew, but he made a mistake with
his planning and has 18 patients instead at his office to see and so
everything will be changed to a different time for this operation. Please
pray for coordination between the doctors and hospitals to give a new date
soon and for patients for the mother in this long separation from her
family back in Romania. Take care everyone and thanks again for your
prayers. In Jesus name... from Dave ************************************************************** 2/08/01 Hello prayer partners in Christ. Elisabeta is
doing good and will have her next operation on Tuesday, Feb. 13th.
Keep in prayer please also that God may provide a good house for Elvira
and her family as they go back to Romania. Their old house is not
theirs and it is made of mud and trees for trusses, and the roof is
falling down. So a new strong warm house would be a good start to
Elisabeta's new life with her new eye sight. The television was
interviewing Elisabeta and all of us today and it will be shown around all
the states in a hour long story saying about all God's miracles. I said to
them that I wanted Jesus to be mentioned and as Christians we give God the
glory for all this and so we want him to be mentioned in the story as he
orchestrated everything. Pray that Jesus is glorified. Also Elvira's
family in Romania is very sick and they need help and prayer, and Elvira
might well have to go back before the full recovery time is completed. So
keep her in prayer. Thank you and God Bless. ************************************************************** 2/13/01 Tuesday, February 13, Elisabeta had surgery on her right eye
in Portland, Oregon. Doctors found that the retina is still open,
which means that light is being transmitted through the eye. Doctors
also found a previously unseen cataract which they able to successfully
remove. The doctors discovered that an adult lens had been transplanted
into Elisabeta's eye during the surgery in Romania. They decided not
to remove the lens due to concerns about scare tissue. The doctors
do believe that Elisabeta will have sight in her right eye, although at
this time they don't know how much vision she will have. Elvira is good
spirits even though, as you know, she is homesick. If healing
progresses on course Elvira and Elisabeta could be returning home on March
8. Please pray for Elisabeta's follow-up exams on Wednesday and Thursday
(February 14 & 15). ************************************************************** 2/14/01 Praise the Lord for all his greatness and mercy.
Yesterday Elisabeta had her operation and it was a hard operation but the
doctors were happy about how things went and today they examined her and
they said the eye looked great. We will go for many check ups from now on
to these doctors, but please keep in prayer Elisabeta as she has not
opened her eye yet by herself as it is still naturally sore. We go
again tomorrow to see Dr. Shenk. God Bless you all for your prayers
and support. Glory to God amen. ************************************************************** 3/1/01 Wednesday, February 28th, Elisabeta had an appointment with Dr. Dryer from Portland. He said that things are looking great and almost all of the red and soreness is gone from her eyes. He also said that there is a clear path through to the retina for light to get to it. We are totally happy about this! Elisabeta is now only having to take her medicine 4 times a day instead of every half hour. When Elisabeta goes back to Romania, she will be supplied with enough medication to last a month and a half. Praise the Lord for that! In the afternoon of that same day, Dr. Shenk looked at Elisabeta as well had he was equally impressed and satisfied with the progress. Elisabeta's next appointment will be next Tuesday in Chehalis. Also, tomorrow will be a great day for Elvira as she will be getting a hearing aid to improve her hearing. If God is willing, we may be going back on March 8th, but we are not totally sure on this date. God Bless ************************************************************** 3/1/01 Praise the Lord for all his goodness and grace. Thank you all for your prayers and support for Elisabeta and all of us here in America involved with this wonderful miracle. With just one week to go to the time of going back to Romania, everything has been great for Elisabeta in her recovery period. The eye is healing up great and is gaining more and more sight each day that the redness has gone. Also today, Elisabeta's mother Elvira has had a new hearing aid and can hear 100 percent better. Praise God! A final check up on Tuesday will see any final observations and instructions, and then there will be a return flight on Thursday, arriving back on Friday in Bucuresti. God bless and I'll give another update before leaving next week. In Jesus name, from David mc ************************************************************** 3/8/01
************************************************************** 3/10/01 Praise god for his guiding hand in all things! After a long trip home to Romania we got back at 11pm in Elisabeta's village all very exhausted but happy. Not too many people were about so late which was a good thing so here baggage could be put in quietly. Elisabeta's eyes were a little red after the pressure of flying, so keep her in prayer that Elvira keeps up the drops on a regular basis and Elisabeta keeps her glasses on. I will go and start seeing about her new house as soon as my car works again. Pray that it will work please. God bless you all, for we were all needed to bring about these miracles as well as God's grace and his guiding holy spirit. Glory to Jesus and may the name of Jesus be glorified - thank you! David, Elisabeta and Elvira |
