Dear Love A Child Partners,

Jackson has been doing good with his dialysis in the country of the Dominican Republic. This report is from Jesse Ostrander of Love A Child, and he will also tell you about “the girls,” Jovanie, one of our Love A Child girls, now a nurse, and Phanise, one of our Jesus Healing Center nurses… They are in charge of Jackson’s dialysis.

“Today Jackson had his longest day on the machine to date. He has gone about 7.5 hours. The doctor was here earlier in the day and is actually back here right now. Jackson was hooked up to the machine at about 11:30 this morning as part of the training routine. The team is currently going through the disconnect procedure and disposing of the removed fluids. We were supposed to meet with the lead doctor this afternoon at her office, but that appointment was postponed due to today’s dialysis schedule.

So far so good though… Everyone is happy with his progress. Jackson’s body is doing great. He has no signs of infection or complications. I am not sure when they will have me take him for blood work. But when he finally does get a new analysis, the doctors will know more about how the current combination of chemicals is working. They may need to tweak things a bit now and after the first month or two in Haiti.

The long hours on the machine are all part of the plan. They are ramping up his hours daily, but things will get much easier for him when he returns to Haiti and is hooked up at night. Understandably, right now Jackson is extremely bored because he is tethered to the machine and cannot really leave his room. Today he pretty much has slept all day. This morning he was telling me how much he missed Haiti, Love A Child, and all of the kids at the orphanage. He will transition back to Haiti soon. The training is supposed to wind down at the end of this week, but I am not sure how long they will want to see Phanise and Jovanie do things on their own before they release us back to Haiti.

The girls are doing great. They are both very professional and are learning to do things methodically and efficiently so that there are no complications when we are all on our own. The doctor in charge of dialysis, Dr. Basura, is satisfied with their progress.

Jackson was also supposed to get another vaccine today, but that got pushed back until at least tomorrow. I was unaware that he would be on the machine so long. So the main appointment with the lead doctor and the appointment at the vaccine clinic were postponed…”

So, Jackson is doing well on the dialysis machine. They plan to bring him back to Haiti with the machine, this weekend if all goes well. But, our prayer would be healing, and if not, a transplant in the future. Both would take a miracle, but that is what God is good at!

Thanks so much.

Sherry