gerdeline

yesterday morning i went out to the countryside to a small village with karen bultje. it was great...i really do love the countryside out here. its a much different pace & place. I think it often is that way any country you are in...city and country just different paces. the village is about an hour outside of port au prince. we picked up Gerdeline a sweet, beautiful girl...7 months old...but so tiny. she has no teeth...she was pretty dehydrated and anemic. her story is that her mama died, dads no where around and the grandma cant take care of her. her hair is not orange, but as me and kevs were saying yesterday...its 'braid, fuzz, bald...braid, fuzz, bald' shes just about 11 pounds. hope we get her weight up fast and her energy. shes been sleeping well...but wakes up every hour or so...and i try to get some gerber or pedialyte in her then.

yesterday she was vomiting and not holding things in, but i stayed with her through the night and she is doing much better. still has not figured out how to use the bottle yet, but we'll get there. she looks at me like...what is this foreign object you have put in my mouth. she needs to learn to suck again. mama has been dead over a month and i don't even know if she was breast-feeding before that. so we are working on it.

i'm quite tired this morning, but as always the day goes on and things need to be done. if possible i will hopefully get in a little nap.

blessings to you all!