Medical Care
Dailin - The Gift of Sight
CBN.com – From the time she was born, three-year old Dailin suffered from a serious eye infection. This little girl from Guatemala lives with her parents and siblings in a small adobe house far from any major city. The local village clinic was their only source of medical care and despite repeated attempts, the local medics there could not cure Dailin’s eye infection. Her parents were devastated.
As time went by, the infection became progressively worse and threatened to take away her eyesight completely. The local medics insisted that the family take her to a hospital in Guatemala City for treatment, but they simply could not afford it. Dailin’s father is a farmer barely making $3 a day in the fields.
Dailin’s mother grew desperate as her daughter’s eye condition worsened. That’s when she prayed and asked God for help. Those prayers were answered when Operation Blessing arrived in their community with a free medical clinic. They immediately took Dailin to the clinic and she was referred to a specialist in the main city.
The diagnosis revealed a bacterial infection called impetigo affecting primarily the area around her eyes and nose. The infection is often caused by poor living conditions. The specialist immediately prescribed strong antibiotic drops for her eyes, and just two days later she began to improve! Now, she is completely cured.
Dailin’s care was free of charge courtesy of the specialist who attended to her and with the help of CBN partners, Operation Blessing purchased all the medicine and antibiotics she needed. Remarkably, the cost to save Dailin’s eyesight was only $70.
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