TomVanderwell Notes from the NICU, Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 0 Comment
I was talking to Susan and Jean because I got an e-mail from a supporter who was asking what our most immediate need in terms of medical equipment was. What Susan and Jean told me we need two new suction machines – portable ones. Suction machines (said the non-medical guy)? Seriously? Apparently, suction machines are [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 1 Comment
Cry Haiti: A Roll Of Thunder Sunday, 19 February 2012A Roll Of ThunderI have a baby who is sick, so sick. We drew some blood from her a couple of weeks ago. Although the results are not in yet, I know, deep down what they will show – that the HIV virus is winning the [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 1 Comment
Cry Haiti: Marked as HIS SUNDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2012 Marked as HIS This is Miss Susan,’ the Haitian lady said, introducing me, for the second time, to a tall, Haitian toddler, whose eyes were bright with fever. ‘She is your other Mummy’, the lady continued, ‘She and Mme John had an utterly miserable time with [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 1 Comment
Cry Haiti: An Auspicious Sign An Auspicious SignHaitian society has a rich oral tradition that has given rise to hundreds of Kreyol proverbs and sayings containing a wisdom that is simple, without being simplistic. There is depth also, to Haiti’s folktales. I will call them folk tales, and not old wives tales, as they are [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 0 Comment
Cry Haiti Sunday, 29 January 2012Wideline’s father has dark, glowing skin and smiling eyes. Even in his deep grief, those eyes smiled on me, inviting me to talk with him, share with him. He was softly spoken and would not try to compete with the din of the generator close by. To hear him, I [...]
TomVanderwell Notes from the NICU, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 4 Comments
Cry Haiti: Little Did I Know……. Thursday, 26 January 2012Little Did I Know…….Last night, my heart was aching for the baby girl I had lost. I was reflecting. Knowing that the signs of protein-energy malnutrition were so subtle in this infant that no-one, picked up on them, no-one, I still wished I’d listened to my [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Malnutrition 1 Comment
Once again, sorry for not getting this on here last night. Please pray for Wideline, Susan and her parents Cry Haiti: Wideline: Seriously Ill Wideline: Seriously IllLast night, Wideline’s face and feet began to swell. In the early hours of the morning, her temperature dropped, and her body began to shut down. Later in the [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Susan Westwood 0 Comment
My apologies for not getting this on here sooner…. Cry Haiti: God Speaks Sunday, 22 January 2012God SpeaksOn Thursday morning, I went on a cleaning spree. As I worked at a slightly feverish pace, wiping down and organising NICU supplies, I felt the eyes of the NICU staff on me. The behaviour they were observing [...]