Coming home for medical treatment

Prayers please, Kayla will be returning from her mission to Brazil on Friday. She has only been out a year and is very sad to be leaving her mission and the people of Brazil that she loves so much. She has been having some health struggles. 4 months ago she started having trouble swallowing. She is always positive and not one to complain. The problem progressively got worse but she just kept going and didn't say much about it. She had a scope done on her throat and some other tests and they gave her some medicine that helped for awhile but about a month ago it got to the point she couldn't swallow any food. She has been living on protein drinks since then and been to the hospital in Brazil multiple times where she had many tests including an endoscopy but they have not been able to find out what the problem is. She has lost 26 lbs. She has also recently started having episodes where it is difficult for her to breathe. We didn't receive her usual email on Monday and we were very worried. Her mission president called us that night telling us that day she had been sitting on the curb having trouble breathing and feeling like she was going to pass out so they took her to the hospital. She wasn't able to email us because she had been in the hospital all day that day. She hasn't wanted to say much and didn't want to worry us but it has now gotten serious enough she needs to come back to the U.S. to get medical care and find out what the problem is. The only thing they know for sure is she can't swallow anything solid and her stomach is full of inflammation but they don't know why. We are hoping to get her better quickly so she can return and continue to serve. Thank you in advance for you love, support and prayers.

Laurel