Yesterday we had another fitting. We only fit 8 people total yesterday, but the second chair we worked on took more than 3 hours to fit. The first chair was this little girl. Look at that smile! She was so happy about getting a new wheelchair and she even told us thank you in English! She was so sweet and such a blessing. Her family was super nice as well. In this picture, you can see her mom behind her, and Gustavo, who worked with us on the chairs all day yesterday.This little guy is Angel (pronounced Ahn-hell). His story broke my heart. He is a little boy of 6 years old. When he was 5, he was a completely normal little boy, who could run, play, and do everything else little boys can do. He went in for an operation on his thumb one day, was given too much anesthesia, and for a lack of better understanding of what happened, it turned him into a vegetable. He is alive, but can no longer walk or play. He cannot move any of his limbs of his own accord. He can no longer chew or talk, and is unresponsive to any sort of stimulation. He doesn't even look when his name is called or when a loud noise happens close to him. His mom hasn't come to terms with it either. She kept trying to get him to play with a little wooden toy car, but his hands couldn't even respond enough to hold it. She told me the story of her perfect Angel that was destroyed by a medical mistake. She tried to seek some sort of restitution for the wrong that had been done, but unfortunately, it doesn't work like that in Guatemala. Malpractice is extremely common. Gustavo is also in a wheelchair due to malpractice.
These are some absolutely beautiful flowers Cameron bought for me yesterday. He's so sweet. I love my flowers!
Well that's all for this post. Please pray for Angel and his family. They still haven't fully realized their new life situation, so prayers that they would be at peace with it.
Love, Morgan
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