The baby that was rushed to hospital just over a week ago is back with us and she is doing much better, although she is still on full time oxygen. The sad part is that, although she is positive, her CD4 count is really good and she didn’t need to go on the ARV’s drugs yet but, because of the PCP, we have to put her on drugs immediately.Party!
This little boy turned 2 on Friday. Even though he is 2 he can’t walk or crawl properly yet – he uses a kind of leopard crawl to get around. We did some tests on him and found that he probably received some brain damage because of lack of oxygen when he was born. He goes for neuro-physiotherapy once a week which he loves and we have seen a big improvement since he started.
Our new baby!
We have a new little baby - he weighed about 1.6 kg when he came to us at about 5 weeks because he was a premature baby. He is so tiny that we struggled to find clothes to fit him. His mother gave him away because she couldn’t look after him. He is HIV negative and foster parents have already been found for him so, once he has gained enough weight, he will be going to stay with them.
Our coma child was admitted to hospital today as she kept on running high temperatures and seemed to be uncomfortable. Since she is booked for the surgery to put in her abdominal feeding tube in a week’s time, we felt she needed more intensive care. The doctors now have to decide whether she is well enough to have the abdominal feeding tube put in so that she can go home to live with her mother, or to send her to a hospice for palliative care.
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