Our Fearful Experience

When Deb was about nine months old she became so ill that we took her to Livingstone to Dr. DeKok, who diagnosed bronchitis and prescribed an antibiotic, Chloromycetin, and we took her  home. A few days later we realized that she was deathly sick We phoned DeKok and he told us to bring her to him in Livingstone immediately. We left almost straight away and met Dr. DeKok at the huspital. He immediately diagnosed pneumonia and admitted her to the hospital. They gave her a cot on the hospital veranda which was enclosed with mosquito netting. I was concerned about her being out there but he assured me she needed all the fresh air she could get. He told us she had a very rare allergy to the medicine, and started her on another antibiotic  to which she reacted very positively. We were not allowed to be with her  at night, so we spent our nights at Sinde Mission, an orphanage run by a Christian family, the Brittells. Meanwhile Deb reacted very positively to the new treatment and we were able to take her home in a few days. But we had prayed all the way to the hospital and even discussed how we would deal with it if she were taken from us.  THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!
Shortly after the drama she cut her bottom teeth, and the top ones were ready to come any time We could   already see the little white lines. She was already pulling herself up to standing position whenever she had the opportunity. We had a  small coffee table in the living room and she pulled herself up to stand there, but somehow she lost her balance and cut her lip on the tabletop. After the tears were dried and she was calm again she continued on her merry way. The next morning when we inspected her mouth, there were two more beautiful little teeth, with absolutely no more problems from her little mishap.