Please pray!

Amanzi · #1 Postby **Amanzi** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:53 pm

I have a friend Kevin who is a hunter in Zimbabwe. The poor guy has been through so much in the last few years (for those of you who are not familiar with the current situation in Zim... well it is very bad, a lot of people have been killed, lost jobs, and there is a severe gas shortage, life is very difficult for people living there)

Anyway, Kevin has been working his butt off just to feed his family. Yesterday he got a call from the main guide's office that a baboon had been wounded and was threatening the locals in a nearby village. Kevin and his tracker grabbed there guns and went off to get rid of the baboon.

The tracker found the baboon in a tree not to far from the main entrance to the safari camp, as Kevin approached the tree, the baboon jumped onto him and started attacking him, His tracker was to afraid to shoot at it incase he shot Kev, so the tracker beat him off with a stick. Kevin managed to reach his rifle and shoot the animal with his other hand. He has been very badly injured and has totally lost the use of his fingers and hand. The tendons were actually ripped out by the baboons teeth. He was rushed to the local hospital (where he refused to let them operate due to the fact that it is VERY unhygenic and the surgeons are not skilled). After managing to contact his wife she drove him to a bigger hospital and they have done what they can surgically. The big worry for us all is there is no rabies medication available..... NO ONE in the hospital will help them to trace some. Kevin needs this medication. Baboons are known rabies carriers, and I fear for Kevins life should they not be able to source any anti-rabies medication. Kevins wife is frantically trying to find the neceassry medication. Please pray she has sucess in locating some!!

sunny · #2 Postby **sunny** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:55 pm

Oh my God. Prayers are on their way.

#3 Postby **Stephanie** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:57 pm

It sounds like the Baboon was rabid. I do hope and pray that he is able to locate the vaccination and that the surgery was a success!

chadtm80 · #4 Postby **chadtm80** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:58 pm

Prayers on the way.. Amanzi let me know if there is ANYTHING I can do

Miss Mary · #5 Postby **Miss Mary** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:05 pm

Amanzi - prayers are coming from Cincinnati! How awful for your friend. I hope and pray he gets the shots soon.

Mary

Rainband · #6 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:12 pm

Amanzi. My prayers are on the way!!

Amanzi · #7 Postby **Amanzi** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:15 pm

Thanks guys, I will update you all on the situation as soon as I hear some news.

isobar · #8 Postby **isobar** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:37 pm

Adding to the prayer chain.

#9 Postby **DaylilyDawn** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:30 pm

I am adding my prayers also!

Skywatch_NC · #10 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:47 pm

Bronnie,

Prayers on the way from central NC for Kevin and his family!!

Eric

#11 Postby **streetsoldier** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:05 am

Amanzi,

Rest assured that Heaven is being barraged from below by ALL your Storm2K family...including me, Debi, and Coppertop.

Isn't there a HOPE ship near the Cape coast???

#12 Postby **vbhoutex** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:34 am

Houston is on board Bron!!! Prayers flying for Kevin and the immediate finding of the Rabies vaccine he needs!!

#13 Postby **TazzyD** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:07 am

Prayers from my little corner of the world.

Amanzi · #14 Postby **Amanzi** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:12 am

streetsoldier wrote:Amanzi,

Rest assured that Heaven is being barraged from below by ALL your Storm2K family...including me, Debi, and Coppertop.

Isn't there a HOPE ship near the Cape coast???

Zim is a long way from the Cape, and considering the current political situation and the price of gas, there is no way his wife could make that journey on her own, she would find a gun to her head before she even got out over the border....

Im still hoping to hear something today.

Thanks for all the kind words and prayers ... everyone.

Lindaloo · #15 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:31 am

Oh my goodness Bron! Prayers being said. If there is anything I can do please let me know.

Dee Bee · #16 Postby **Dee Bee** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:09 pm

Adding my prayers for a positive outcome for Kevin!

breeze · #17 Postby **breeze** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:13 pm

Bronnie, I'm praying for Kevin and his family, here in
Tennessee! I'm praying that this particular baboon
might have been protecting something, and NOT carrying
rabies!

#18 Postby **azskyman** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:39 pm

Prayer's for Kevin's healing and your peace of mind, little lady! Prayers coming from Phoenix right now travel a little faster as they head downstream from all the rain.

Please let us know when you get an update.

depotoo · #19 Postby **depotoo** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:42 am

our prayers are iwth them as well. is there not a way that the vaccine could be shipped to them?

Amanzi · #20 Postby **Amanzi** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:44 am

Wonderful news!!!!!

GOD IS GOOD!

I heard from Kevins Mom. He is doing well. His wife managed to get some vaccine so he is covered from that aspect. Another great thing is that he had his second surgery and the doctors managed to do wonders with the severed tendons and sew them back together. So with some intensive physiotherapy he should recover most of the mobility in his arm and hand!

Thanks for all the prayers guys

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