Joshua in hospital

We are now in Switzerland on furlough.  Unfortunately two weeks into our furlough Joshua was in a lot of pain in his big toe.  We had been treating  his sore toe but it wasn`t getting any better.  Late last Thursday night Simon took him to A&E whereby he was admitted for an infection.  He has been on IV antibiotics since.  Yesterday a decision was made to operate on his toe and remove some of the infected part.  Joshua doesn`t do well with needles and anything associated with pain.  They had hoped to do the procedure by local anaesesthetic but Joshua really struggled so a decision was made to do it under general anaesethetic.  He went down to the Operation theatre at 1415 and was back up in his room by 1520.  He was a bit groggy for a while but soon recovered and was so happy not to feel any pain in his foot.  Simon and I have been taking turns at the hospital to be with him.  We are awaiting a decision from the Doctor today to see what the way forward is.  We were supposed to be going away for a week with some of Simon`s family but we hope to maybe join them later in the week if possible.

Please pray for Joshua during this time.  It is not easy for him although does well when he is not in pain.  We are playing lots of games, reading  and watching episodes of Flying Alaska (all about flying in the remote parts of Alaska).

Please pray for complete healing for Joshua.  We have two weeks left in Switzerland and so we need to make good decisions regarding the way forward. 

Proverbs 16:9 (Not what we planned for our furlough but God has our time in His Hands)