August 25 2010
Greetings from Haiti!
Youvendji came home from the hospital! At 2 ½ years old, he weighs 22 lbs, much of which is fluid. He has sickle cell anemia, tuberculosis and malnutrition, a pretty sick little boy. He continues to have fever every day. But he doesn't know how sick he is. He snuck out of the baby room, crawled up behind me and startled me, which he thought was hilarious!
Actually, Youvendji doesn't crawl: he scoots on his bottom. He has been so badly neglected as well as sick that he never exercised enough to develop his stomach, back and buttocks muscles. He will need physical therapy eventually. For now we are concentrating on play and nutrition.
Denika, the one year old girl from Bercy, left the hospital last week. She needed 3 units of blood! The hospital enrolled her in a special program for malnourished children. Mama went back to Bercy with her and will come into town for their clinic appointments. We are glad that we could help. Thank you, Lord!
The international committee overseeing Haiti's rebuilding has made improving Haiti's education and making it accessible to everyone, not only the wealthy and middle class, one of its primary goals. YES! How thankful we are for all the Christian private schools here who educate the poorest kids for free and feed them! Five of our children will attend these schools this year. Hallelujah!!
There are several things we need now:
- liquid vitamin drops for infants (with iron if possible)
- small scalpels for minor surgeries, mostly for lancing boils (we use a small, sharp pair of scissors now, cleaning them in alcohol between patients)
- underpants for small boys, sizes 2 and 3 (even smaller for Johnny if you can find them) (not training pants)
- size 5 slim boy blue jeans (Richardson's school uniform)
- size medium and large exam gloves
If you can send these items, please contact me for the shipping address. We do not need baby clothes, blankets or stuffed toys at this time. We have been blessed with an abundance of these items!
Many boxes were unpacked in my absence and I have no way of knowing who sent what. Ask me if you want to verify that a particular item you sent was received. Thank you all for your donations! Praise God for great friends like you!
We have sponsors for every school child! We still need sponsors for our children at home. It takes a lot to run a home for 30+ children, especially babies! Babies, especially sick ones, need more caregivers than older, healthier kids. We have 19 children 2 or under: imagine washing all those diapers.
Saidel's papa came to visit this week and brought Saidel's grandmother. When Saidel (8 mos) is old enough to go home he will already be bonded with his family. They are good people. Saidel should grow up to be a fine Christian man. This is what we most love to do!
Blessings!
Dorothy Pearce
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
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