God's Plans Were Different

i've got some serious updating to do. We've found out a lot in the last couple days, things that have determined Sonia's treatment.

Yesterday morning sonia had a bone scan (this was instead of the MRI originally planned, because Sonia has been congested and had a bit of cough - usually just when she was mad) which showed that the infection causing her leg to be swollen, hot, and firm, is actually in the bone as well :-( they've diagnosed it as Osteomyelitis (Wikipedia definition: Osteomyelitis (osteo- derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning bone, myelo- meaning marrow, and -itis meaning inflammation) simply means an infection of the bone or bone marrow.^[1] It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the causative organism (pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria), the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection.) 


They have put her on a new, stronger antibiotic to help her recover from this. It will take about 4 weeks to run its course, and once her leg is healed they can start prepping for heart surgery - the reason she came to Miami! This isn't what we planned, but God's timing is perfect. it would have been very difficult to treat this infection in Haiti; she's getting some of the best treatment possible here!

This just one more hurdle on the way to the goal, and there is no hurdle too high for God to scale. i'm praying for a miraculous, inexplainable, quick recovery for Sonia. one that makes people have a double-take and think 'um, how did that happen??'  i know that God's plans may be different than this, and that's fine. He's almighty. But i don't want to miss out on a miracle because i failed to ask for one. people all over the world are praying for this little girl. It's really amazing how one little six month old could capture the hearts of so many people who have never met her. And i know she's incredibly special in the heart of God!

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.


people all over the world are praying for this little girl. It's really amazing how one little six month old could capture the hearts of so many people who have never met her. And i know she's incredibly special in the heart of God!


Lord willing, as long as her new meds are being effective and doing there job, Sonia will be able to come out of the hospital at the beginning of next week and settle in at the Gemmen's home, where she will stay till surgery, and then after surgery, until she's able to return to Haiti.