Yesterday we received an email saying that some dear friends of ours desperately are in need of prayer. They are missionaries in the Solomon Islands and have only been there just a couple of weeks. Their 1 year old daughter has an infection on her thigh that has gotten worse quickly. They took her to a local doctor who thought it might be strep. He would not lance it, and he gave her an antibiotic and told them to take her to the local hospital every 6 hours for a penicillin shot. They called to get another opinion from a doctor friend from our old church, and from what they described it sounds alot like MRSA (methicillin resistant staph aureus) to him which can be pretty serious if not treated properly. The father is going to try to lance the sore himself at our friend's suggestion (pray for him to be able to do this on his own daughter.... one of the aspects of missionary work he probably did not anticipate this soon) and is going to try to find a sulfa drug for her to take. He said sometimes you can ask around and find this to buy over the counter. Pray for this little girl, for God to heal this wound so it does not spread throughout her body. Her mommy shared with me before they left that her biggest concern about going overseas was medical care for her children. Pray for our friends as they care for this little one, that God would give them peace.
