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Emma's passing The events leading up to Emma's passing happened very quickly. We left Yangon on Sunday morning and Emma had a low-grade fever. She still look happy and lively and thus we taught it was just a normal infant temperature fluctuation. The medicine we had with us from the U.S. (infant mortin) was administered to her. Emma and her older brother Samuel was going to stay at home with my parents but something in the way he said goodbye gave me the impression that something was wrong. We decided against leaving Samuel and the three of us left. We could not take Emma with us because of the difficult terrain of the journey. That Sunday evening Emma was taken to the clinic. The doctors made an appointment for Monday but by the time she arrived she no longer had a fever and the doctor concluded she no longer had to take the medicine. Our hearts were at peace when I heard that Emma’s fever has subsided. Tuesday afternoon around 3 pm however she began to sweat a lot and my mom noticed she couldn't breath well. They took her back to clinic however they said there was no doctor on call at night and that she must be taken to the hospital. My brother who had been visiting from Australia called me and said he couldn't let Emma stay in that hospital. The environment was not ideal for her as well as the other children in comparison to the western standard hospital and yet this is the best Intensive care unit in the country. He said he had wanted to take her out of the hospital and find the nearest internationals hospital to ensure that she received the right care. However, the pediatric consultant at the international hospital advised my brother to admit Emmanuel into the Yangon Children Hospital Intensive Care Unit, the only 24 hours care pediatric unit in Yangon and possibly in the country. When he called me up I was with the Minister and the Governor and Emma’s fever had now risen to 103.6. Within moments my relatives noticed several best Medical professors examining Emma and doctors tending to them as well. Emmanuel was recommended admission to the Intensive Care unit because the pediatric specialist diagnosed Emma with Pneumonia. It was now 6 pm and Emma would never open her eyes again. Daniel and I were in Hakha, Chin state praying for Emma. I couldn't eat a single bite that evening. We planned to depart earliest possible for the airport. I kept calling Yangon asking for a progress report on Emma. The most they could do was try to comfort me. Wednesday, around 11 am while we were in the car traveling toward Kalemyo, my mom called me crying on the phone, the doctors had said Emma now needed a blood transfusion and they were looking for her blood type. The events became so stressful and overwhelming I had one constant prayer "Please just tell me that the baby is still alive". We arrived at Kalemyo airport at 1:30pm after 9-10 hours travelling on mountainous terrain and in just a couple of hours flight time we would have been with Emma. However, just 30 minutes shy of our flight departure Emma stopped breathing and was pronounced medical dead by the head of the Yangon Children Hospital Intensive Care Unit. When we finally arrived at Yangon I found out what had happened to her. Emma had contracted a severe case of pneumonia and blood poison (septicemia). Her lung x-ray at 6 pm was clear but her lung x-ray at 6 am showed both her lung “white”- very severe pneumonia. The Yangon Children Hospital gave Emmanuel the best equipment and treatment available. There were round the clock care by physicians and nurses. Emmanuel did not respond to the treatment, transfusion and medicine prescribed. They kept her on a ventilator until we got to the hospital, 4 hours passed the time when she was diagnosed as medical dead. The events digressed too quickly for us or Levi’s brother to arrange any international medical evacuation. Emmanuel Lim had took her last shallow breath 26 days before her first birthday. She lives a full, meaningful, impactful and joyful 340 days of her earthly life. |
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Emmanuel Road Throughout our trip to Myanmar many of the villagers and officials had heard about Baby Emmanuel. Several of the cyclone affected village leaders attended the funeral and felt to name their newly constructed roads after Emmanuel Road. Presently our team has confirmed that there are currently 12 roads named Emmanuel Road in 12 different villages in the Cyclone affected areas. The name Emmanuel means "God with us". We began to see how the Lord is setting His name on high in the roads of Myanmar. |
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In Loving Memory of Baby Emmanuel
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