15 Day Old Baby in Need

This may sound familiar, but last night we had yet another baby in need come to us from the mountain. She was only 15 days old. Her mother had died shortly after delivery. Her grandmother had brought her to us and had only been feeding her sugar water because that’s all she had to give her.

Needless to say the baby was crying in need of something to eat. We quickly retrieved a baby bottle and prepared baby formula to give her. She only drank about two ounces in all but that’s all her tiny stomach could handle and drifted off to sleep, seemingly comforted by the nutrition that she had been lacking in. Praise God for the people who are preparing the infant love bundles because that’s what we used to help this tiny, malnourished baby.

We are following up with this baby on Monday having Dr. Yves, our Lifeline doctor, examine her. Because of the size and the condition of this baby, we are trying to get the grandmother to wait at least one month before going back to the mountain so that we can monitor her health condition and get her well again. God is so faithful in allowing us to help these dear people in need when they have no place else to turn.