Many of you have heard that we brought Rob into the
Emergency room on Sunday evening due to some severe headaches that he had been
having. Since we thought it was sinus related, he self-medicated with antibiotics.
Since that did nothing to relieve the pressure, we brought him to the hospital.
The doctor was very concerned with the vomiting and this being “the worst
headache of his life.” She took a cat scan that came back completely normal but
his blood tests showed unusually high white blood cell count which indicated
meningitis which is swelling of the brain and spinal fluid. They took a spinal
tap to confirm this but admitted him to the hospital until they could confirm
if it was viral or bacterial. Because of taking antibiotics, the doctors were
concerned that it was skewing the test results to show it as a viral infection
instead of bacterial. After three days the doctor was confident that it was
only a viral infection and released him Wednesday morning. Rob is feeling a lot
better and the rest of the family is well. The doctor indicated that this was
likely caused by the stomach bug that the family has been passing around the
last couple of weeks. He said it manifests itself differently in everyone and
it just happened to make its way to Rob’s brain. He had no concerns about the
health of the rest of the family.
We are so thankful for your prayers and notes of encouragement.
We would like continued prayer as we deal with getting reimbursed by our
international insurance company for Rob’s 3 day “spa getaway.”
Once again, God’s amazing grace and provision has been
evident. On Friday, we set out for our 2 hour drive back to the city through
the winding roads of the rain-forest where there are no gas stations for over 50
kilometers. The 24 year old SUV started acting up and stalling out whenever we
shifted gears. We nursed it along praying that we could make it home to our
mechanic but it stalled out and wouldn't restart when we were very close to
home. Rob was able to let it coast onto a side road where it died. The oil gauge
indicated no oil. Fortunately, there was a man selling trinkets at that corner
who happened to speak some English. He was very helpful in directing Rob to a
location where he could get oil. While he ran the 2 miles to get oil, I sat in
the car with the kids and dog and a couple of nice men offered to push the car
to a location out of the way of traffic and took a look at the engine. The man didn't
see how oil was the issue but unable to communicate with me, he went on his
way. Rob came back with the oil, filled her up, she started and we made it back
to the condo with plans on bringing it to the mechanic in the morning. Come
morning, she would not start so some Tico friends gave him a tow to the
mechanic. That means a strap tied from their truck hitch to our SUV. Hmmmmm.
Terrifying. The mechanic fixed a $24 part in the electrical system. Nothing to
do with the oil. It should have never started up for us after Rob added oil but
God was helping us out.
After all was settled with the Vehicle, Rob’s headache
started ramping up. We were supposed to start back to the Ranch on Sunday
afternoon around 3pm but decided to let Rob try to sleep it off and leave at
5am Monday to get the kids to school on time. God gave us that wisdom so that we
were able to get him to the near bye hospital which happened to be the best in
the country. God made sure that we had a functioning vehicle to bring him there
and he provided us with a built in babysitter with Jaylyn staying with us for
the weekend at our condo. It gave us peace of mind to know that there was an
adult home with the kids and there was no rush for me to leave Rob at the
hospital.
Through it all, Rob’s workers were able to continue to get
work done at the ranch while he was laid up and we now have the ranch houses
wired with enough power to install the oven and dryer. We have decided to stay
at the ranch this weekend to prepare for the team that is arriving on Monday,
and hopefully have some relaxing family time. Please pray for Rob to continue
to build his strength and not to overdo it.
In His grip.
Yvonne
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