A few weeks ago two women brought their tiny baby niece to the Ebenezer Clinic for consultation. They reported that the baby's mother, their sister, had died in the January 12 earthquake with her newborn baby, Kwensykaira, trapped alive next to her,
The baby's cries heard amidst the rubble lead rescuers to her two days later. Imagine the horror of trying to reach the baby for two days, the joy they must have felt when the baby was rescued, and the sorrow of finding the body of her mother.
Kwensykaira was amazingly unharmed except for a crushed right arm. First aid had been administered in Port Au Prince, but now they were seeking help as the baby’s arm was unable to extend normally. Her tiny hand was clenched, and she cried when we tried to open it.
Having heard there were visiting surgeons from the US working at the Sacre Coeur Hospital in Milot, Steve and I, along with nurses Laura Greenwood and Mercy Huessy, and the two aunts trucked Kwensykaira over very bad roads to Milot to consult.
The hospital is teaming with patients from the earthquake and their caregivers, both foreign and Haitian. Too small to hold all the patients, huge tents are being used as wards.
The surgeon told us that Kwensykaira was too small to operate on. Fortunately, he will return in September and wants to follow-up with her then. He encouraged the aunts to keep trying to gently stretch the baby’s hand so it wouldn’t contract. He felt that there is hope that the her arm and hand can be restored to normal.
We were all relieved to hear the news and remain in close touch with Kwensykaira and her aunts as they live close by. We see them often.
Please keep them in your prayers as they are in ours.
Merci ampil et Bon Dieu beni ou! (Thank you so much and God bless you!)
The baby's cries heard amidst the rubble lead rescuers to her two days later. Imagine the horror of trying to reach the baby for two days, the joy they must have felt when the baby was rescued, and the sorrow of finding the body of her mother.
Kwensykaira was amazingly unharmed except for a crushed right arm. First aid had been administered in Port Au Prince, but now they were seeking help as the baby’s arm was unable to extend normally. Her tiny hand was clenched, and she cried when we tried to open it.
Having heard there were visiting surgeons from the US working at the Sacre Coeur Hospital in Milot, Steve and I, along with nurses Laura Greenwood and Mercy Huessy, and the two aunts trucked Kwensykaira over very bad roads to Milot to consult.
The hospital is teaming with patients from the earthquake and their caregivers, both foreign and Haitian. Too small to hold all the patients, huge tents are being used as wards.
The surgeon told us that Kwensykaira was too small to operate on. Fortunately, he will return in September and wants to follow-up with her then. He encouraged the aunts to keep trying to gently stretch the baby’s hand so it wouldn’t contract. He felt that there is hope that the her arm and hand can be restored to normal.
We were all relieved to hear the news and remain in close touch with Kwensykaira and her aunts as they live close by. We see them often.
Please keep them in your prayers as they are in ours.
Merci ampil et Bon Dieu beni ou! (Thank you so much and God bless you!)