Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you for all your prayers and I am sure our prayers are making an impact on Jesus long journey of hope to heal. Below is a message that was shared to keep us abreast of his improvement. Let’s be Good Samaritans in a way we can. You can check on the website to know the person of Jesse better. God bless you as we all continue to pray for Jesse and his family!
*We hope this message finds you all well. We would like to direct your attention to the new website for our friend and former colleague Jesse Torrence:
www.heart4jesse.org
As many of you know, Jesse Torrence, has been in a medically induced coma over the last few weeks since a rare virus had attacked his heart and filled his lungs with fluid. The condition of his lungs has improved gradually over the last few days and he has been transferred to the Medical College of Virginia on Sunday to assess installing an artificial heart. Here is the latest message from his family from yesterday:
"…] Jesse is too weak to do any surgery right away. Going to spend a couple of weeks or more just working to get his strength back, getting vital organs in shape, working out some bugs. Then hope to do the artificial heart and start testing for a transplant match. May not actually do the transplant for even a year to let him get really strong before that. "
We know you have all been touched watching Jesse and his family support each other through this incredibly hard time. Over the past few weeks, many of you have asked what you can to do to support them. Jesse’s family has expressed again and again their gratitude for the outpouring of love and support, as well as practical help with things like cooking dinners, lending cars, etc. The good news is – we have another very concrete way you can help!
Since Jesse is looking at a very costly, long-term recovery, a bunch of concerned friends have come together to see his financial needs are met. We consulted with his family, and one of the biggest things we could do to ease their mind right now would be to find a way to defray the tremendous costs of his hospital stay. This is going to be a long-term effort, so we are starting with the short-term goal of raising $5,000 over the next month to help cover his health insurance deductible and incidentals.
We are currently reaching out to Jesse’s enormous network of friends and former colleagues, and we would like to challenge us as his World Bank friends and former colleagues to pitch towards this effort. We know this is a tough time for everyone, but if we manage to give between $25 to $50 each, we will easily reach our initial goal.
You can make your contribution at
www.heart4jesse.org or directly at the ChipIn site
jessesheart.chipin.com/hospital-discharge , where you can also track our progress. If you do not have a PayPal account, please contact Bidjan or Ximena and we will assist with alternative ways to make your donation.*
Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!