Give me Your Thoughts - Suggest Options for the Way Forward

 

Give me Your Thoughts - Suggest Options for the Way Forward

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SAVE SHEILA'S LIFE CAUSE

Note: During my blogs, you will see that I'll be talking about 3 different government medical facilities; their names will be changed to prevent me from being sued, and prevent interference with a possible future court case.

I will be calling them:  Local Hospital 1, Clinic 1 and Clinic 2.

Following my last blog post, Mom Sheila, my family and I have a
lot of questions - maybe you can help.

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We want to know what our options are, so that we can pray on them and wait for God
to reveal the way forward.

Today the Lord reminded me of this scripture:

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors they succeed. 

Proverbs 15:22 NLT 

Therefore, we need many advisors right now - and that is why we are asking you to comment.

We'd appreciate it if you would comment on this blog post or on the Facebook post, giving us your suggestions or advice, and even adding some questions for us to consider.

So far, this is what we have learnt:

1. Two volunteer surgeons who visited our home and assessed Moms wounds says she needs
   
   
   surgical debridement.
   
   
2. Two wound care specialist nurses and their teams also agree that Moms wounds needs surgical debridement.
   
   
3. All of the above medical professionals said in their opinion, that they cannot tell how deep the infection is, it is not something suitable to be done at home.  One of them also suggested Mom gets assessed by a Vascular Surgeon first.
   
   
4. A doctor from Clinic 2 who only saw the video of Moms wounds also said that Mom needs surgical debridement and he was convinced Mom would be admitted by Local Hospital Wound Clinic.
   
   
5. The doctors from Local Hospital Wound Care sent her home and instructed us to do chemical debridement at home.  Local Hospital Wound Care will not admit her to hospital, and we have run up and down between Clinics and Hospitals for the last 3 weeks trying to get Mom to have surgical debridement done. 
   
   

So far our family believes we should have a vascular surgeon assess Mom leg wounds.  However, once again we are stuck with getting her to her appointment - but that is a challenge we will face once we made a decision.

We are also leaning towards raising funds for Mom to get surgical debridement to be done privately, instead of via the Government.  (unless there is a private hospital who would be prepared to do the debridement pro-bono.)

If we go that route our steps are to:

1. Get Mom assessed by a vascular surgeon
   
   
2. Get a rough quote what the private hospitals would charge for debridement
   
   
3. Start some heavy fund raising.

Please voice your opinion below and give us your advice no matter how small you think it is. We will take everything into consideration prayerfully!

Thanks!
Christine Livingstone

P.S. We have spent all our savings on Mom so far and need financial help.

We need help - if you wish to give a love gift large or small, please contact Liz or Caz for our bank details, Or click the How To Help link to find other ways to help.

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