Florin: An Unbelievable Story
No picture on this one. The story of a Romanian Gypsy boy named Florin is unbelievable. Yet, in one way, Florin’s situation exposes all of the issues that affect the Gypsies in Apalina.
Florin spent about a month in the Tirgu Mures hospital for kidney failure due to infections caused by poor living conditions. Florin and his father left the hospital before treatment was finished. They should not have done it, but they were tired of being in the hospital.
On Sunday of this week, Florin went to the local hospital in Reghin. He had a serious rash which was diagnoised as being a reaction to the failure of his kidneys and liver. He was sent home and given some medications. He was told that he did not have measles. Also, the doctor in Reghin told him that if he did not let the Tirgu Mures hospital treat him, then he would die from the illness. He had an appointment on Tuesday.
Florin did have rubella (measles). When Florin went Tuesday of this week to the Tirgu Mures hospital, he was retested by a doctor (kidney doctor) in Tirgu Mures who has proved to be very good to Florin. The doctor was livid because the Reghin hospital had missed the diagnosis of rubella and sent Florin back into Apalina. Florin was then sent to the infectious disease department. The irony is that the TM doctor was so upset with the Reghin hospital, but then the isolation unit in his own hospital (where Florin was sent for treatment) sent Florin back home because they refused to keep a "poor dirty Gypsy." When the doctor found this out, he called what is comparable to our county health department (health committee) very upset.
The health committee from TM took a team to Apalina and inoculated everybody in Apalina. This is a big issue because by law they should have already been inoculated. This may affect the second camp. They are trying now to determine if the camp must be disinfected and whether the children from the other village should come in contact with the children from Apalina.
Also, the children at the camp have played soccer with the neighborhood children. They have been swimming in the stream/creek.
Attila is currently working with the health people in the area of the camp. Now, Bonnie tells me that a team might be coming to inoculate all the children at camp. No one is sure where Florin is now, but the assumption is that he is still in Apalina.
BIG PRAYER CONCERN IS THAT SOME OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED FLORIN AND IN THE APALINA CHURCH ARE PREGNANT—first trimester. Please pray for the protection of their unborn child. They are very upset by this.
Just got a message from Bonnie as I was blogging this. She wrote: "Word from Apalina is 'there is much sickness here.'"
This also has an impact upon the Chapel Project team coming to do the
roof at the church building at Apalina. If rubella is rampant, we don't know if they will be able to do the work.
You can see how prejudice against the Gypsy has led to a serious issue in the community and affected so many lives. We are still not sure where Florin is. I assume that he is at his home.
I will try to keep you updated as I know something. We are asking your prayers for Attila, Adel, and Paul as they seek to lead in this. Pray, too, for Bonnie, Katie, Anna, and Sarah as they serve the children and try to do all they can for Florin (even though they are at camp and he is in Apalina). Pray for the healing of the Apalina Gypsy Village. Pray for Attila to have wisdom in handling this now very complex situation while taking care of himself. If you have questions contact me at floyd.parker@teleiosministry.org
Floyd
Florin spent about a month in the Tirgu Mures hospital for kidney failure due to infections caused by poor living conditions. Florin and his father left the hospital before treatment was finished. They should not have done it, but they were tired of being in the hospital.
On Sunday of this week, Florin went to the local hospital in Reghin. He had a serious rash which was diagnoised as being a reaction to the failure of his kidneys and liver. He was sent home and given some medications. He was told that he did not have measles. Also, the doctor in Reghin told him that if he did not let the Tirgu Mures hospital treat him, then he would die from the illness. He had an appointment on Tuesday.
Florin did have rubella (measles). When Florin went Tuesday of this week to the Tirgu Mures hospital, he was retested by a doctor (kidney doctor) in Tirgu Mures who has proved to be very good to Florin. The doctor was livid because the Reghin hospital had missed the diagnosis of rubella and sent Florin back into Apalina. Florin was then sent to the infectious disease department. The irony is that the TM doctor was so upset with the Reghin hospital, but then the isolation unit in his own hospital (where Florin was sent for treatment) sent Florin back home because they refused to keep a "poor dirty Gypsy." When the doctor found this out, he called what is comparable to our county health department (health committee) very upset.
The health committee from TM took a team to Apalina and inoculated everybody in Apalina. This is a big issue because by law they should have already been inoculated. This may affect the second camp. They are trying now to determine if the camp must be disinfected and whether the children from the other village should come in contact with the children from Apalina.
Also, the children at the camp have played soccer with the neighborhood children. They have been swimming in the stream/creek.
Attila is currently working with the health people in the area of the camp. Now, Bonnie tells me that a team might be coming to inoculate all the children at camp. No one is sure where Florin is now, but the assumption is that he is still in Apalina.
BIG PRAYER CONCERN IS THAT SOME OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED FLORIN AND IN THE APALINA CHURCH ARE PREGNANT—first trimester. Please pray for the protection of their unborn child. They are very upset by this.
Just got a message from Bonnie as I was blogging this. She wrote: "Word from Apalina is 'there is much sickness here.'"
This also has an impact upon the Chapel Project team coming to do the
roof at the church building at Apalina. If rubella is rampant, we don't know if they will be able to do the work.
You can see how prejudice against the Gypsy has led to a serious issue in the community and affected so many lives. We are still not sure where Florin is. I assume that he is at his home.
I will try to keep you updated as I know something. We are asking your prayers for Attila, Adel, and Paul as they seek to lead in this. Pray, too, for Bonnie, Katie, Anna, and Sarah as they serve the children and try to do all they can for Florin (even though they are at camp and he is in Apalina). Pray for the healing of the Apalina Gypsy Village. Pray for Attila to have wisdom in handling this now very complex situation while taking care of himself. If you have questions contact me at floyd.parker@teleiosministry.org
Floyd
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