The abandoned babies

Christabel writes:

We bought dinner for Truphosa this evening and diapers for the abandoned babies who were in the nursery room. She is fairing on well with the baby too. Unlike yesterday, today I was privileged to have a look at her baby. He is a cute baby and looks nice in the incubator. He has also began sucking milk from her mother little by little though she also still gives him through a cup. This is quite impressive for it shows the baby is making good progress. Frank, David and I decided to name him Jason, a Christian name that means 'he that cures.'

 I also had the chance to speak to the nurse in charge, we had a brief introduction. I introduced myself and told her what I do and what my work entails and the organization as a whole. I then asked her about the babies in the nursery and their stories. First she allowed us into the nursery to have a look at the babies and that's when I got the chance to see Truphosa's baby. I was surprised to see how small the babies were with their ages ranging from days, weeks and a month. The little angels were a sleep and sound in their respective incubators. There were also two babies who happen to be twins there though not in incubators who happened to be among the abandoned ones.

It was so sad, I felt pity for them but then thanked God for their survival. I was interested in knowing their story and therefore sat down and listened to the nurse as she narrated to me the sad story.

 The two angels were born on 2^nd September this year. Three weeks old. They are both boys. Their mother happened to have remarried to their father. Her first husband died and left her with six children. She then decided to get married to another man as a second wife. She later got pregnant and gave birth to the twins. After delivery the woman lost a lot of blood and she turned out to be anemic. The doctors tried their best to save her life but all was in vain, she didn't make it, she died while receiving treatment leaving the two helpless babies behind.

 After her demise, no one was left to take care of the baby. Her husband is not in a position because of the poor life he is currently living in with the first wife who has nine children to take care of. Therefore the hospital management decided to take the initiative of taking care of the babies. The hospital provides them with milk which the nurses give them and also caters for their well-being. So far the babies are of good health.

According to the nurse the babies will remain under the hospitals custody, until when time reaches for them to be taken to the children's home after providing the legal and necessary documents. It's my prayer that these angels find a better place to stay and be well taken care of and grow up to be God fearing boys.

According to the nurse the babies will remain under the hospitals custody, until when time reaches for them to be taken to the children's home after providing the legal and necessary documents. It's my prayer that these angels find a better place to stay and be well taken care of and grow up to be God fearing boys.

The nurse also mentioned that there were two other cases of abandonment. One was a college student who came in, delivered then after she regained her strength back she fled leaving the baby behind. Fortunately they know where to find the mother and they said they are going to take legal action against her. Her child is doing well in the hospital's nursery room.

The other case was of a girl who gave birth to a child that the father was her cousin. They were staying together under one roof. The boy was taken in after he lost his parents and he was helpless and was still in school. So they decided to help him by staying with him, taking him to school and treating him as one of their own. Their kindness turned to be a disgrace to the family. After delivery the girl's mother came at the hospital crying and later vanished with her daughter leaving the child behind at the hospital's custody. The incest child is now in a nursery incubator and being taken care by the hospital nurses.

She also told me of a case of another baby in the nursery whom her mother is currently mad. She said the mad woman came in to deliver and immediately after delivery she went to sleep. Ever since then she has not uttered any word, nor eat anything. At times she even denies to be given medication. So she has just been left their on her on. Her baby also survives on the hospitals milk since the mother has never given her any milk nor dared to see how her baby looks like. The nurse hopes that all will go well for the woman.

 The nurse was overwhelmed with the diapers, she was extremely happy and even lacked words to express her joy. She said they were going to be of great beneficial especially for the two baby boys. It's a great relief to the hospital too for they at times run short of them. She really praised us for the work we are doing to the community by empowering them in so many ways. She knows of many organizations but she has never seen them doing the things we are doing before but to her ours is unique for the miles it has gone by stretching their hands and helping those in need. She really prays to God to open up doors of prosperity to all the donors who sacrifice a lot in ensuring the people in the society have a shoulder to lean on when they are not strong.

Regards,

Christabel