Mum, Night Shift, Sleepovers and the Village encore

So two weeks Mum arrived amidst a crazy time at the babies home. I have lost count of how many sick babies we have had, but there have been a few close calls, where we were sure we’d loose a baby or two.

Here are some snaps of mum – she’s doing well and trying to adjust to the busy days and sleepless nights.

Nightshifts

Because of the amount of sick babies we’ve had and the extra workload this creates, Laura and I had to do a lot of nightshifts, and I suppose pictures speak better than words

Above - This is me working with John, tube feeding him and changing him... a few nights after this photo he had a seizure and took a turn for the worst and has since spent all his time in hospital fighting for his life. He may survive but with brain damage. :( pray for him.

Above: Is Elana - who was very sick but is doing well now.

Above: Emmanuel was also very very sick - here he is being tube fed hourly to stop him dehydrating. He is now doing better.

This is Laura sleeping on the floor in between feeds - it was so exhausting.

Village Visit
More of our kids moved to the village, it’s sad to see them go, and things are much quieter without them, but they love their new homes and new mums so that is more important. Laura and I went to visit them during Laura’s last week, here are some picture….

Above: Nicola (runs Babies home with Annie) and the next lot of kids to move to the village.

Above: Peter and Arnold find brooms at the village and attempt to clean.

Above: Laura with David and Keith at their new home.

Above: Laura with Julian, and me with my sponsor child Jennifer.
Above: Jennifer and I

Sleepover
We also had two of our favourite kids sleep the night with us at our house – I had a peaceful nights rest (which I needed – having worked the three previous nights on night shift) but Laura was up all night with her little rascal. Enjoy the pictures…

Above: Abdul and I playing on the couch

Above: Laura and Andrew

Above: Abdul about to have dinner - he has to be covered in towels, because he often throws everything he eats back up (because his father fed him acid and this has messed up his insides.)

Above: Laura - trying to catch a few minutes of sleep - but Andrew has other ideas...

SICK BABIES

Sorry for the delay in posting – we’ve been so hectic lately.
I moved house and have had a pretty busy social life too, which hasn’t helped.

So anyway right now we have about FIFTEEN babies sick or critically ill, so our days have been filled with taking the babies to and from surgery to see the doctor, or looking after Annie’s kids at night while she rushes to Surgery to save dying babies like Zeke and Grace.

The doctors aren’t entirely sure what the babies have, only that some weren’t given much chance at living.

It’s been emotional and tiring and draining and yet so rewarding when they start feeling better again.

On top of this have been trips to the village with the toddlers who are about to move there. We had a fun car ride to the village where they all fell asleep, and they met up with all of their buddies who moved from the babies home in march.

On the way back from one of the village trips we picked up another new baby and Laura and I took her home for the night and did shifts to wake up and feed her two hourly. She has a sixteen year old drug addict mother who has neglected her, but she is so cute and she’s settling in well now.

Anyway I will leave you with some photos....

This is me and baby zeke before he got very sick. When he came in he was less than ONE KILO, and he was doing so well and now he may die - but let's pray he doesn't.

Laura with Keith, Solomon, and me with mia.... having fun on the grass....

This is Izzy - ain't she cute.

This is Enoch - he was a sickly little baby not long ago and now look - he's a chubber

THis is Sam

Izzy drinking... Izzy once finished....
me feeding the babies...6 at a time... I am ready to give birth to multiple babies... I think I can handle it.

This is my darling JOY