Prayer Request for Kelly

Thank you for your prayers! I finished my malaria meds last night, I'm back at school today, and I feel good. I sang "Fishers of Men" with my kids, led basketball practice, and just got back from Bible Study. I am just believing that the Coartem killed all the malaria, and it's now totally eradicated. Believe with me! I know that it can be pesky and come back, so I'm being cautious, and I'll take another blood test soon to make sure. But I am believing!

Now, I still need your prayers for my roommate and dear friend, Kelly. Kelly is from South Carolina and teaches P.E. here at KICS. She also contracted malaria....(we think we may have gotten it on our trip to Uganda?) Kelly became ill a few days after me, and because she initially thought it was a flu virus, she had malaria in her bloodstream for 3 days without taking any medication. Yesterday, just as I was feeling much better, Kelly took a turn for the worse and developed jaundice in a bad way, which means her liver is not functioning properly and cleaning her blood due to the malaria. She was taking the same meds as I was, and they usually kill the malaria 98% of the time, but not this time.

So now Kelly is resting at the Seventh Day Adventist medical hospital, and she is in good hands. They have her on a quinine I.V., and are giving her vitamins and glucose too. The doctor there is Dr. Tommy, from the Philippines, and he was an internist in California for many years, before coming to Rwanda in 2008. He has run many tests, and did an ultrasound on Kelly's liver today. She developed a bacterial infection yesterday as well. I just talked with her tonight, and she sounded the best she's sounded in a week. But she still has no appetite. Please pray with me that Kelly can get some rest tonight, and she can begin to eat again, and her body can fight this disease. We miss her, the students miss her, and I know she misses being with us and being healthy. If you will just pray with me that she can be comforted...because it's hard being sick so far away from home. We all know and believe in God's power to heal, and I know there is certainly power in the prayers of believers. Pray with me...