Sadness

I was able to speak with orphanage staff today.  They didn't really have any new details for me, but I needed to ask them to basically repeat our conversation from yesterday, as I really don't remember anything she told me.

Last week, Monday, James was throwing up a little bit. They did call and tell us about this, but at that time they had been feeding him a chocolate flavored Ensure that they thought may be upsetting his stomach.  Later that day, James pulled his tube out and was brought into the hospital to have it replaced and then sent home.
Wednesday he started vomiting again, they brought him in to the hospital and were told that he was fine and likely had a touch of the flu.

He seemed better, but Sunday night he started vomiting again and his nanny noticed drainage and blood seeping from around his feeding tube. She also said he just wasn't acting right.  They brought him in around 4am and hospital agreed to keep him for observation.  Orphanage staff found out that when his tube was replaced on Monday, the hospital had not had the right sized tube and had to place a smaller tube in.

Orphanage staff left around 8am to attend a meeting and then returned at 11am and stayed for about a half an hour. They said he seemed weak and sick, but was alert and smiled and didn't seem like he was in that bad of shape.  At 1pm the hospital called them and said he had died.  They didn't have a reason, they just said he had failed and died.  No bizarre drainage, no bleeding, nothing outwardly wrong.  He just died.

Thank you so much for your support.  The texts, emails, calls, flowers, meals and love are overwhelmingly generous.  We know we are not going through this alone.  Ultimately, we need to continue to place our faith in Jesus and continue to hope for His love to cover this often sad world.