We started out last week with a trip into town. These trips are making us increasingly excited about having our own car again. It’s a lot of work to hike down a mountain, wait for a matatu that has room for two people (remember that matatus are smaller then a 15 passenger van and fit up to 24 people into them). This past Sunday we rode in one whose windows, where we were sitting, didn’t open and it was a HOT day…imagine☺. By the time we got to town we were stinky and sweaty. Luckily people still love us. We met up with friends that we met here that are originally from CA. They had within the last week just adopted a little boy that is approx 1.5 years and cute! It was fun to catch up, they also extended their one-year stay to what could be three years and moved to a new house. So many changes. We were blessed by them and hope we were a blessing to them.
I stayed in town Sunday night for meetings Monday morning. I never know what kind of adventures await when I stay overnight in town. There are currently no international nurses except for myself at the moment. Needless to say, it makes for interesting days and long, phone call filled nights. On Monday I ended up taking Hope to the surgery. Hope is our newest baby weighing in at a measly 5 kg at approximately three years of age. She is tall, has a full set of teeth and speaks and understands her local language. She is a beautiful little girl and a fighter to say the least. It is pretty amazing what the human body can withstand and live through; God’s grace is sufficient and miraculous. Baby Hope, as far as science is concerned, is a miracle child. The human body needs calories and nutrients to sustain itself; she has been deprived of both for a long time and yet she lives. Now that she is with us she will never be neglected in such a way ever again. She will be loved! Good things are happening here. Remember to pray for this little one – for strength and health.
The preemie room has been busy with five babies under 2 kg. A week ago two were unstable, but as of today everyone is doing well and happily gaining weight. This week we did blood work straight from the home as a jaundiced baby had been under the bili light for about a week and was not improving. We normally judge a babies bili levels on observation alone - if they are orange they go under the light. I drew the blood and signed the Dr.’s line on the blood work requested, took it to the lab and, an hour later, we had our bili level. Being a western nurse it’s so exciting to have lab results - they are so concrete!
Matt has been busy. This past week they started using their new alarm system at the shop. Matt spent extra time down there teaching the guys how to use it and made sure that he was with them the first time they activated and deactivated. So far so good and we haven’t been woken up by any alarms yet! He is also doing awesome on his schoolwork. He sent in two papers this past week to bring his total to 11. Five more and he is done his third year!!!
We have been enjoying the beauty of African thunderstorms this past week. Almost every night this week we have had thunder and lightning storms, they are beautiful! One night it was raining so hard and the wind was blowing so fiercely that the rain was falling sideways coming under our door and into our home.
Big week coming up for Meg as she will be having her hernia surgery this Friday. Yaaa! I will head into town Thursday and be with her on Friday at the hospital before and immediately after her surgery. Please pray for her little body, her surgeon and the anesthetist.
Hope you all had a happy St. Patrick’s Day. I had fun explaining it to my nannies. They think we celebrate some weird holidays.
Blessings to you all!
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