Rosetaina Bertrand came to live with us on March 20th, brought in by her mother and big sister. What a precious little bundle she is. But she is so frail - 20 months old, 10 1/2 lbs.!
She had just been released from the hospital after two weeks of treatment for malnutrition. Released! This sweet baby girl has AIDS and I think her emaciation is more due to AIDS wasting syndrome than ordinary malnutrition. She has refused all food except small bits of cheezits and peanut butter crackers. We give her Pediasure thru an NG tube. She has gained 1 lb since coming here and has gained enough strength to crawl and pull up to standing. She is miserable most of the time but does laugh sometimes. She makes us laugh with her imperious demands!
Kez and Casey enrolled her in the AIDS clinic yesterday. She will go back tomorrow for tests. The tests done by the other hospital show her CD4 count at 273, 6.6% (she's very sick). Pray that she can get the help she needs.
2 comments:
oh she's precious with her lil NG tube in her nose and all!
i'll be back again may 18-25th. can i bring her or your other kiddos some things? maybe lunch again? i'm excited to finally be in PAP on a sunday for church.
much love and prayers!
i'm prayin for you all! looks like casey has bonded with her like i bonded with emily. gosh i miss you all. i need to email you...it has been far too long. love love love
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