| Pray for Matoch’s Surgery! | March 2 2010 |
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We have been given some estimates for the total cost of evacuation, surgery, and care in Nairobi to be around $7,000. We thank the Lord for providing a way to get Matoch here and we are confident He will provide the funds to cover it all. We have roughly 50% so far for what will be needed, if you are led to assist please click here to give online or mail a donation to our support address. Many thanks to everyone who has prayed and donated so far.
Matoch is in the pediatric ward at Kijabe Mission Hospital in Kenya, and is doing as well as can be expected. Sunday night the doctors took him to the OR in order to look at the wound and make a surgery plan. They found a lot of debris, sepsis and confirmed his cheekbone was shattered. They cleaned the wound and treated the infection. Monday afternoon they did the same thing. Today they will just change the dressing and then tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at 11am (12 midnight in CA) they will perform the surgery. The doctors will use skin from his forehead to reconstruct half of his nose and pull up skin from his chin and neck to close his cheek. Two and a half weeks later he’ll have another small surgery to complete the procedure. The doctors are optimistic he’ll be able to go home three weeks from now, barring any unforeseen complications. Matoch continues to be brave and strong. For a boy who has never been outside the village, all the new experiences and trauma he has endured must be overwhelming.
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