Sunday, July 18th started out early- 4am to be exact. 2 year old Keyan woke us up with
his howling. I jumped out of bed from a deep sleep and Jodi came running up the steps.
Yosh informed us that Keyan had been sitting up and then fell back and hit his head.
Not far for such a little guy. He was burning up with fever. We gave him a little water
which almost immediately came up. Ugh! Tomatoes are NOT pretty at 4am! I put a
cold compress on his neck to try to cool him down. Finally got him settled and he drank
more water and kept it down. We also gave him Tylenol for the fever. We all went back
to bed. At 7am he woke saying it is morning. He felt better.
The time came for all of us to head home to Ohio. Bryan and Jodi and the boys left.
About half hour later Brian and Jenny left. We lingered about 30 minutes longer saying
good byes etc. The phone rings… It is Bryan telling Yvonne that Keyan had just had a
seizure. Time stands still for a moment. Where are they? They are just about to get on
the Pa. turnpike. (Had they gotten on the turnpike, it would have been at least 20 miles to
the next exit.) Jim and I, Yvonne and the kids pray and then we head for the truck, going
to Hershey for where we think they are.
Bryan said that Jodi looked back and saw something was very wrong with Keyan. She
called to him but he was non-responsive. Then he went into a seizure. Bryan said they
were at an exit and he literally whipped across traffic into the exit. There was a church
there. He stopped by the front door and grabbed Keyan and Jodi was dialing 911,
wondering where in the world they were. As they went in, 2 women came out and she
asked them where she was. One of the women just “happened” to be a pediatric seizure
nurse. She took over the phone and gave EMS directions. Soon quite a few people were
around them, praying in the Spirit. The nurse took Jodi’s face in her hands and prayed.
Jodi felt peace come and she knew everything would be ok. Another person took Yosh
into a classroom and let him play.
They arrive at Hershey Medical Center. At one point Keyan was very agitated and Yosh
crawled up on the bed and sang Jesus Loves Me to him. He liked that. Jenny and Brian
arrived soon after and kept them company. When we arrived he was sleeping. By that
time the doctor had determined that he had a double ear infection. The seizure had come
as a result of a sudden spike in the fever- not uncommon in children under 5years. The
doctor decided not to run a bunch of test because he was positive that was the case.
3 hours later he was released and they returned to Wendell’s to spend the night. They
picked up his antibiotics, wanting him to have a couple doses before they ventured home
again. As we were getting ready to leave, the nurse from the church called Jodi and
asked if she could stop and see them. She told us that a few weeks ago that someone had
a word that soon a host of angels would descend on their church and it had something to
do with the highway. She and many others felt that God was referring to this situation.
Amazing how God cares about one little boy rescued in Ethiopia, one little boy who was
pretty severely burned before he ever arrived home in Ohio, one little boy who had spent
time in the burn unit, waiting for skin grafts to heal; one little boy that God cares so much
about that He gave a word and orchestrated a whole day, where the pieces all fit and
just ”happened” to fall into place at just the right time. Amazing how much God loves
one little boy from Ethiopia!
his howling. I jumped out of bed from a deep sleep and Jodi came running up the steps.
Yosh informed us that Keyan had been sitting up and then fell back and hit his head.
Not far for such a little guy. He was burning up with fever. We gave him a little water
which almost immediately came up. Ugh! Tomatoes are NOT pretty at 4am! I put a
cold compress on his neck to try to cool him down. Finally got him settled and he drank
more water and kept it down. We also gave him Tylenol for the fever. We all went back
to bed. At 7am he woke saying it is morning. He felt better.
The time came for all of us to head home to Ohio. Bryan and Jodi and the boys left.
About half hour later Brian and Jenny left. We lingered about 30 minutes longer saying
good byes etc. The phone rings… It is Bryan telling Yvonne that Keyan had just had a
seizure. Time stands still for a moment. Where are they? They are just about to get on
the Pa. turnpike. (Had they gotten on the turnpike, it would have been at least 20 miles to
the next exit.) Jim and I, Yvonne and the kids pray and then we head for the truck, going
to Hershey for where we think they are.
Bryan said that Jodi looked back and saw something was very wrong with Keyan. She
called to him but he was non-responsive. Then he went into a seizure. Bryan said they
were at an exit and he literally whipped across traffic into the exit. There was a church
there. He stopped by the front door and grabbed Keyan and Jodi was dialing 911,
wondering where in the world they were. As they went in, 2 women came out and she
asked them where she was. One of the women just “happened” to be a pediatric seizure
nurse. She took over the phone and gave EMS directions. Soon quite a few people were
around them, praying in the Spirit. The nurse took Jodi’s face in her hands and prayed.
Jodi felt peace come and she knew everything would be ok. Another person took Yosh
into a classroom and let him play.
They arrive at Hershey Medical Center. At one point Keyan was very agitated and Yosh
crawled up on the bed and sang Jesus Loves Me to him. He liked that. Jenny and Brian
arrived soon after and kept them company. When we arrived he was sleeping. By that
time the doctor had determined that he had a double ear infection. The seizure had come
as a result of a sudden spike in the fever- not uncommon in children under 5years. The
doctor decided not to run a bunch of test because he was positive that was the case.
3 hours later he was released and they returned to Wendell’s to spend the night. They
picked up his antibiotics, wanting him to have a couple doses before they ventured home
again. As we were getting ready to leave, the nurse from the church called Jodi and
asked if she could stop and see them. She told us that a few weeks ago that someone had
a word that soon a host of angels would descend on their church and it had something to
do with the highway. She and many others felt that God was referring to this situation.
Amazing how God cares about one little boy rescued in Ethiopia, one little boy who was
pretty severely burned before he ever arrived home in Ohio, one little boy who had spent
time in the burn unit, waiting for skin grafts to heal; one little boy that God cares so much
about that He gave a word and orchestrated a whole day, where the pieces all fit and
just ”happened” to fall into place at just the right time. Amazing how much God loves
one little boy from Ethiopia!
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