Pray for Teddy

So the last week is kind of a blur. Teddy who has been with us since the first week of January, took seriously ill last Wednesday with severe pneumonia. She came very close to going home to be with Jesus, but somehow with a lot of prayer, oxygen, and medicine, she continues to fight and hang on. She has been fighting her battle for health and life for 8 months now. It all began with the bite of a mosquito, which led to cerebral malaria. Since then this normal little girl, who was going to school and playing with her friends has been devastated by the disease and the resulting complications. She now has permanent brain damage, is unable to walk or talk or swallow properly. As a result she became severely malnourished. The latest round of pneumonia (not her first) has been quite severe. As of this morning, she is doing better and we are cautiously optimistic. She is off oxygen for the first time in a week and has a feeding tube in place to help with hydration. I have been unable to obtain an IV line because her poor little veins are so weak and are either all used up from being poked so many times, or blow the second you establish a line. PLEASE PRAY for Teddy. She needs God to intervene and help her to get better. She needs to be able to swallow better, she needs her body to begin to produce blood the way God designed it to, she need strength to fight.
Pray also for Danielle and I as we continue into day 8 of round the clock vigil with her. We are both tired and weary and our hearts are burdened. We both desire to see God lifted up and glorified and are trying hard to understand and see how this will be in this situation. Pray that we will have supernatural strength, wisdom to know what to do and when to do it, and endurance to finish how ever long this goes on. Pray also for the family of Teddy who are weary from months of this battle for Teddy's life. Thank you for standing with us as we trust and believe.