Faith
It’s late and I should be in bed, but I just want to write a few words about Faith. We first saw him a year ago, when he and his twin Favour were very sick and undernourished. I think they both weighed about 6 to 6.5 kg (13-15 pounds) at 15 months age.
We found that they both had HIV, and we started treating them for tuberculosis. They were in the hospital for at least two weeks. They both improved, and Faith’s weight got as high as 9.5 kg (21 pounds) in June, but he hasn’t been doing so well since. His sister is doing a little better. Caring for these twins is a big burden on the mother, who doesn’t have much support.
Finally, two days ago, mom brought Faith back again sick with pneumonia, back down to 6.9 kg. I admitted him (which we could do only because we have some supporters who have given money to help such children), ordered a bunch of labs and a bunch of medicines. Tomorrow Barb will make a care package of some oranges, yoghurt, cookies, and so on — maybe it will brighten him (and his mother?) a bit.