Comments on: A Chance to Survive

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:26:17 +0000

Excellent blog article. Really puts things into perspective. Like another poster said: It puts the American healthcare system in a much better light too!!! Oh how I wish that all people had access to health care… I’m glad our sponsored children get it now. My little girl recently had a doc checkup and she was told she was doing wonderfully and given vitamins!!!

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:17:40 +0000

Randa,

I’m sorry to hear that you’re struggling with pain, but glad that you’ve been able to keep a good perspective about it.

I’m confident God will use every circumstance in our lives for His good, if we surrender it.

By: Randa

Randa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:31:00 +0000

I am glad that I read your blog. I was actually just tested for RA two days ago. I’m only eighteen years old, I’ve had back and feet problems for two or so years.. A couple weeks ago as I was taking some alieve before i went to bed (to relieve the pain so i can walk in the mornings) I thought how fortunate i really am. And if I lived in a third world country and did not have acess to that i would have to stay in bed and would eventually would not be able to move at all. I would miss out on so much.
And the more i got to thinkin about that the more my heart ached for people less fortunate than I. I’m only positive that happens all the time. To children and young adults that if they could only take an ibuprofren or alieve a day they would be living a completely different life. Even in our own aches and pains and battles we have it so much better than so many other people. I am again reminded by your blog just how blessed we really are here
Thank You for sharing

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:27:56 +0000

Pam, thanks for sharing your son’s story. Praise God for Dr. Tash!

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:06:53 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. My eight-year-old son was diagnosed with JRA just before he turned three. It began in his knee, and at times, his knee would flare so badly that we would have to carry him. Sadly, the arthritis has spread throughout most of his small joints. But I am very thankful that we do have access to doctors and medication for him. I also ask our two compassion children to pray for him.

My son’s rheumatologist has recently moved to Thailand (where he was born) to begin a pediatric rheumatology clinic that will serve all of Southeast Asia. I also met another Thai doctor who will be joining him. I talked with her some months ago and discovered that there were no pediatric rheumatology doctors in Thailand; all children in Thailand with arthritis become crippled. Learning that helped me to be even more thankful for the opportunities my son has here in the U.S.

Please pray for the efforts of Doctor “Tash” and his assistants as they seek to serve the children of SE Asia who have JRA. Thank you.

May the Lord bless you with good health and may He continue to bless the work of Compassion.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:14:38 +0000

Wow. Great blog post, Becky. It is amazing that in every struggle in life you can see hints big and little of God’s provision. This is a great reminder of how fortunate we are in this country. Your story highlights the plight of the disadvantaged. Thanks for sharing.

By: Amber Van Schooneveld

Amber Van Schooneveld — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:29:06 +0000

I agree with Fayola–what a refreshing perspective to have on our health care system. Thank you for being willing to share, Becky.

By: compassiondave

compassiondave — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:09:28 +0000

Becky, that was much apprciated and I can identify with 100% of what you shared.

God bless you and God bless this Compassion ministry.

By: Fayola shakes

Fayola shakes — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:09:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing that. My mom had rheumatic fever when she was a kid in Jamaica. She always says that if she’d grown up in the U.S., half the maladies she suffered as a child would’ve been non-issues, and to never take our healthcare system, no matter how flawed it may be, for granted. Thanks for this reminder.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:48:12 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear you have RA..My mother also has it..It seems to run in our family. You might want to check and see(if you havent already)if there’s any family history of rheumatic fever or anything else like that. Rhematic fever,RA,and other things related to it run in my mom’s family..:(
I’m so thankful we live in the USA!