Auntie Yaya, Baby Wisdom has died... These were the words that greeted me on Sunday when I arrived at the orphanage.
This is certainly not something we were expecting. I had come to pick up Cathy Praise to take her to Yaounde with her brother to have a scan of her head.
Wisdom just turned a year old last week. She was a child that I have held and cradled and comforted. I have taken her to the hospital a few times and have been monitoring her situation. She was improving...
What happened? She had a fever on Saturday night and she had a seizure on Sunday morning and died. They buried her in the field of the orphanage on Sunday morning just before we left for Yaounde. It is unclear to me if she was given medication to bring her fever down or not. At this point it doesn't really matter. She's gone. That's all I can think about. A senseless death of an infant... It's not right.
My anger and frustration levels are high. It will never make sense to me.
I drove down the road with tears in my eyes, trying to be strong and comfort Baby Elliott as we rode. My mind raced as I tried to pray... What is happening Lord? Why? What else can I/We do???
I had to bring my mind back to the present. I started reciting scripture about healing in my head. I recalled Promises from God and I told myself over and over, no matter what, God is still a good God.
Today, I got the news that Baby Elliott has bleeding in his brain, severely enlarged ventricles and we are not sure of what else... Remarkably, his twin sister's head is all clear. PRAISE GOD. We have traveled 6 hours to Yaounde to meet with the Pediatric Neurologist and now we have to travel 3-4 hours back to Douala because there isn't a working MRI machine in Yaounde.
We will meet with the Neurologist again in the morning to find out what the plan for treatment is. We will most likely go to Douala on Thursday very early in the morning so that we can travel back and see the Neurologist again.
We need your help with medical and travel expenses... In the 3 weeks that Elliott has been with me, I've spent about $2,000. We are spending about $85 - $100 a day on our housing, transportation etc. here in Yaounde... Anything you can give will be a help.
We couldn't help baby Wisdom because we didn't know in time. God has given us the opportunity to help baby Elliott.
Please pray, and give what you can so that we can do what we can to help save this babies precious life.
The donate button attached is to my personal support account but you can be assured that everything you give will go for his care. All gifts are 100% tax deductible.
Thanks in advance for your prayers and your help.
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