Saying good bye after 676 days in hospital!!

Tuesday Nov 7th, was a bitter sweet day for the Pediatric ward staff and I.  Anna was 13 yrs old when she came to us. She is paralyzed from the waist down and had infected deep pressures sores, down to the bone.  We did all kinds of wound care with different types of dressings and antibiotics to get the infection under control and promote wound healing. She had major surgery as well involving muscle flaps to fill in the defect.
Yesterday, after being in the hospital for 676 days she was discharged!  Anna doesn't have any family members who are able to care for her and her special needs.  However, a Catholic run orphanage has agreed to take Anna into their care.  We celebrated with balloons, flowers, signs, gifts, cookies and sodas for all the A ward staff, patients and their caregivers! Words of appreciation and encouragement were shared along with a prayer offered by Chaplain Moses.
Pray for Anna as she embarks on this new chapter.  Pray specifically that there will be someone at the orphanage who will be willing to invest in Anna, that she will feel loved, that she can get an education, that she will follow the Lord faithfully and experience whatever God has for her to the fullest!