Boy's convulsions result in hospital stay

The son of a Viña Studios staff member is back in the hospital after frightening his parents with seizures last evening.

Isidro, one of Viña’s Scripture-recording technicians, took Juanito, about 16 months old, to the hospital at about 8 p.m. last evening after his body temperature seemed to fluctuate drastically, feeling feverish at one time and chilled at another.

Doctors provided medicines that seemed to improve his condition, and the family went home thinking everything was fine. But once they got home, Juanito began to experience convulsions and fevers.

Back they went at 10 p.m., where Isidro stayed till 3 a.m. this morning, finally returning home. His wife remained with Juanito in the hospital as facility rules only allow one parent to stay overnight with the child.

Isidro was thankful that his rickety pickup managed to make it to the hospital and back (about 5 miles each way) twice because his gas gauge was on empty the whole time and he didn’t have any money to buy gas.

Juanito had seemed fine earlier last evening, Isidro told me, saying he played with the boy for quite a while before dinner. Later, Isidro’s wife noticed Juanito’s extremities were unnaturally cold.

Please pray for Isidro and his family, especially Juanito, as they struggle to find out what is wrong with the boy. Last month and at other times, Juanito fell ill while Isidro was hours away recording the Bible into one of Guatemala’s 21 Mayan languages and dozens more dialects.