Heidi - June 14
Dear friends at home and around the world
This will be short as I have now spent 2 hours on two separate occasions preparing a comprehensive update and just as I am about to close off, the whole message has disappeared from the screen…TWICE! I am ready to throw a brick through this computer.
So – there is improvement in Heidi’s condition. No plasma exchange or dialysis yesterday. She sat in the garden with us for a short time but still needed oxygen and became very tired. Her colour is returning and her body not so swollen.
She is lucid and talkative and planning her future, which for those of you who know her well, will understand are BIG, exciting and challenging plans. She still has a very long way to go and new symptoms are appearing. Doctors say she may be able to return to Oz in a week but we are cautious as things change so rapidly. She had a fit the day before yesterday and this was a terrifying thing to witness. Yesterday, they could not wake her. Her oxygen levels are erratic and this is worrying.
There have been miracles and Heidi will have to tell you herself what has happened to her. It is too personal for me to describe.
We are being spoilt beyond belief by the people in this amazing country. We were taken to the Joburg Country Club yesterday for lunch. It was a gorgeous place and we felt very posh. The lady who has given us her car for the duration is Margaret Sunter and her husband Clem had a significant role to play in the ending of apartheid. He worked alongside Nelson Mandela and Bishop Tutu and we are having dinner with them next Monday. They are very keen for us to stay with them but we probably won’t as it is too hard to keep adjusting to new environments., Our hosts Janet and Tony have cared for us very carefully – given us our space and are just there when needed. We are so very blessed.
MSF Switzerland call us every day and have offered to pay our expenses. They are very kind and supportive and I think very shocked at what has happened to Heidi.
The prayers of (we believe thousands around the world) are being answered. God is alive, He is listening and He is healing our girl.
Wish I had the energy to rewrite what I have lost but can’t manage another word.
With love and appreciation to all of you who hold us in your prayers.
God bless you
Ronny Michael and Kellie
