TomVanderwell Notes from the NICU, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 3 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, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 4 Comments
Please continue to pray for Susan and Wideline’s family and the rest of those who fought. Cry Haiti: So Many Questions So Many QuestionsI have so many questions. There aren’t answers for any of them. This morning, Wideline’s blood pressure dropped. She went on to bleed innternally. Blood pured from her mouth and nose, and [...]
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 [...]
TomVanderwell Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Real Hope for Haiti 0 Comment
Licia from RHFH just posted this on Facebook – please pray for this little one that Susan is working so hard to keep alive. Thanks for praying! Real Hope for Haiti riends~The little 2 pound 14 ounce baby that went to GLA last week is not doing so well this afternoon. We know that beyond [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, older child adoption, Orphans 0 Comment
Rori’s story continues….. (read Installment #1 at Adoptive Parents Perspective) We started our journey believing we were “stepping out” of our safe and secure life to adopt a little girl no older than 3 years old. We currently have 3 biological children and when we felt the call to Haiti and then to adoption, we [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On, Haiti News, Our Kids GLA, God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphanage 1 Comment
I had to take my son, Mark, down to his school this afternoon (Saturday) because he had a basketball game. We left the house at 1:45 PM and didn’t get back home until 8 PM! I hate going down to Port-au-Prince on Saturdays. The traffic is horrible and I don’t really like driving home in [...]
TomVanderwell Haiti News, Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 1 Comment
Thursday night we had the first team meeting for the 18 of us who are going down to GLA this summer to help. I was talking to one of the team members afterward and he said, “You know, I’ve been asksd a question and I don’t really know the answer – maybe you can help. [...]