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Baby Wyatt tethered to his IV |
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| Well, when it rains it pours they say. I don’t know why the enemy has been so attacking my grandbabies. Krystel and Levi’s little Wyatt has been struck with this awful covid. All the adults in the house battled it out with this thing in December and came out alright. Praise the Lord!
But it seems little Wyatt is fighting a tougher battle with it than we all went through; landing him in the hospital for the last six days. The doctor said we could bring him home to continue his quarantine here as soon as they kept his fever down for 24 hours. I am thankful that the rest of us seem to be still walking with the protection of the antibodies we developed in December. So we are all in better shape to be able to care for him. We still don’t really know how he got it since he never leaves home except for an occasional trip to the pediatrician for a vaccination. The last one of those was a few months ago. No one else in the family is sick, but somehow this virus snuck in anyway. Please pray for our precious baby boy! — Calli (Grams) |
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From mama Krystel’s perspective… |
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| This has been a stressful and scary journey. As much as it was scary for me, I can only imagine how scary this has been for our 16 month old son, Wyatt. This pandemic has prevented him from getting to know other people other than his family. Here in the Philippines children are not allowed to go out except for emergencies.
Wyatt is usually energetic and adventurous. It was so hard to see him become so calm and sleepy. As a mother, I was so worried when his mild fever kept increasing and no amount of medicine was reducing it, and then watching him suddenly stop eating. No mother is ever ready to see their baby sick like this. It was difficult to witness him scream and he not understand why he was being wrapped up in blankets, held down and stuck with needles. It made me cry to hear him, yell over and over again “Nein, nein, nein…, Dada, Dada…” (nein means no in German). It was a relief when the blood and urine tests came back negative for infections, but at the same time, we were in unknown territory and just had more questions. We just had a huge feeling of helplessness. Under the advice of the ER doctor, we admitted Wyatt on Friday to this same hospital, where only 16 months ago we were welcoming him into this world! They completed more tests and x-rays on our little one. They immediately started him on IV fluids to help combat the dehydration. Levi was able to stay with us the first night. However, daddy was required to go home in the middle of the second night when the nurse came in and confirmed the Covid test had come back positive. Only one of us was allowed to stay. Wyatt and I were immediately moved to another room on the floor reserved for Covid patients. It has been very stressful and exhausting physically, mentally and emotionally. The facilities were not really set up for the care of a one year old. He was tethered to an IV bag and had to remain in this huge adult size hospital bed so he wouldn’t rip loose the IV. The food they brought for each meal was not very age appropriate either. Thankfully they gave us a refrigerator and allowed my family to bring us a microwave to use. This way mom could prepare food from home that he could eat. They had to bring everything to the guard at the hospital entrance and it was delivered to us here in the room. Then I sent things back, and after the hospital sanitized it all they gave it back to my family. |
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Joy & Smiles Returning! |
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| God has definitely provided me with the patience and strength to handle the situation we were in. As I am my son’s “security blanket”, poor little Wyatt would belt out ear piercing screams every time I would have to set him down or leave him in the big bed alone. Even though I am only a foot or two from him, it didn’t matter. He insisted I be physically next to him. This presented a major problem when I needed to handle anything. As his mother it was hard to listen to him scream as I was trying to handle his other needs. All I wanted to do is hold him tight and make him feel secure. It has been a blessed relief to watch him get a little better each day; seeing the joy beginning to return to his eyes and a slight smile reappearing on his face. — Krystel
The doctor released Wyatt to come home today. We sanitized their room before we picked them up. So wonderful to have them finally home! After six days in the hospital Wyatt’s medical bill accrued to $2,335.35. I am so sorry to have to come to you for now the second month and ask for your help. But as we have communicated in previous months, Krystel and Levi have been diligently serving the Lord here without an income for the past year and a half. This is devastating to their remaining depleted savings. They are such a blessing here at Dunamis, I don’t know what we would do without them. Please pray for Wyatt’s total healing as he continues his quarantine here at home and pray about helping Krystel and Levi cover the cost of this unexpected medical emergency. We pray you and yours are all staying safe and healthy. God bless you. Love, Calli, Tony, Krystel , Levi & Wyatt |
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| “Win the Philippines! Win the World!” Let’s do it together! |
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