Timothy died unexpectedly

On Wednesday, November 16th, Timothy died unexpectedly in the hospital because his heart stopped.

About a week before this date, both Timothy and Deborah had to be admitted to the hospital, because they both had pneumonia. The doctors noticed immediately that there was something wrong with Timothy.
After a couple of examinations, they found out his lungs were too small, and also that he had a couple of heartproblems.

After about a week his pneumonia was healed, so they took him off the monitor. Patrick, who was staying with him during the evening saw he wasn't doing well, so he called for the doctor. The doctor came immediately and called for help right away. As the doctors were busy with him, Patrick could see his heartrate became lower and lower. Patrick put his hand on Timothy's head. Timothy looked at him and Patrick was talking to him. He told him that he would go to Heaven and that he would meet Jesus. Timothy was very calm, and after Patrick told him this, he closed his eyes, and he died with a very peaceful expression on his face.

Of course this will always be a not so nice side of our work. The nicest is if we see the children getting better, and that we see one day that they are doing so well, they are ready to be adopted... But, sometimes, it is not supposed to go like this.

How do we deal with this as a family??? We are comforted a lot, because we know where these children are going if they die. This place is far better than any place on earth. For example, Kevin said that Timothy was maybe playing with Sarah at the moment. We know we will see him back later. Than saying good-bye is not so bad anymore... For the rest we are very thankful that we could have taken care of him, even though it was for a very small time. He knew he was loved in our family, and he didn't die alone, but Patrick was with hi and he could talk to him and touch him. He was not afraid and his face had a very peaceful expression.
Timothy, we will see you again!!