Not for us only...

My last entry was about God's timely message of Health and Healing for us as we all fell ill one after another, from the youngest babe, little Thaddea, to the oldest "babe" - mommy, haha! I have just recovered from Upper Resipratory Infection... Thank God for healing all of us and thank God for good health for everyone in the house now :)

2 days after the Fast and Prayer, we received a sms from the church's Prayer Band requesting us to pray for Ezra, a 7 years old boy, was diagnosed with first stage Luekaemia and is going for a bone marrow test.

Leukaemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells. In leukaemia, white blood cells become abnormal, and divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. Ezra's mommy noticed that Ezra's hands and feet were yellowish and he seems to have increased bruising... so she asked elder Hong Choon who is a doctor and he recommended a specialist for her. That was how they discovered it. Doctor told them that Ezra had Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia. "ALL" affects lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) so they cannot work properly. This may cause a serious infection. It also causes many abnormal lymphocytes to be made, which crowd out the normal red blood cells and platelets. ALL is the most common type in children.

In acute leukaemia, symptoms develop rapidly and the leukaemia can quickly become life-threatening if it's not treated. Thank God that they found out early and right now, little Ezra had undergone his first chemotherapy. Due to the side effects of the treatment(weak, nauseas & loss of appetite), Ezra is quite difficult to handle. He has also developed a fear for doctors. We are praying for the parents to be strong and that God would lessen the side effects of chemotherapy.

For the family:

2 Corinthians 4:8-10
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."

Ezra Lim, Jesus Christ heals you! Amen!!