Haiti Adventures (Jan 2015) Day 5

Today was quite an interesting day! In the morning we walked around the village for a bit and then came back to the complex while some of the team members walked to someone's hut to pray. Upon their arrival back, Aggie, Jessica and I had been told that they had brought back a baby. Aggie and I jumped up immediately to go inspect the situation. We met him and deeply fell in love. He is about 3 months old and is only seven pounds. His mother became sick sometime after he was born and gave the baby to the father to care for while she was resting. A few weeks went by and the mother’s sister told her that the father had left the baby on her step and that she needed to come get it. When the mother got the baby she began to feed it boxed milk, supposedly. When we received the baby he was super tiny, extremely malnourished, and would not keep the formula down we were giving him. He was vomiting, sometimes projectile and was gagging. After a bath, some attempts at feeding, some new clothing, and some decisions were made, we knew this baby needed help. The mother has no place to go now since the father and the mother’s sister have both said she cannot stay with them and we weren't sure if the baby would survive through the night. After much discussion it was decided that the baby would be taken to Real Hope Hospital (the place we visited just a few days ago.)  Unfortunately, the mother would not consent to letting us take the baby there. We have no idea why and we are very nervous that the baby will not make it through the night. So, that was kind of a down side to the day.

    The bright side was that we enjoyed a great dinner on the ocean at a resort.  We didn't swim, but I did sneak over and stick my feet in. It was very warm and I enjoyed the few short minutes of it! We then all piled into “the kia” which is made for 6 but because it was raining and we couldn't sit in the bed of the vehicle we piled 10 people into it, which was extremely funny! All in all today was pretty good and I can’t wait until tomorrow when I can blog about the awesome adventure I’m going on!!! Bonsoir!