Ruwaidha
We have a update on Ruwaidha's continuing story. A couple of days after we posted our last blog entry about how mommy took Rudwaidha home to die, Ruwaidha was back in the nursery. She had lost a lot of weight, her stoma had enlarged but her fighting spirit was still there. The surgeon was amazed and said "if she wants to live who am I to tell her she can't." They talked with mommy and mommy wanted everything done that was possible. We gave her IV nutrition and a couple of blood transfusions. She was still wanting to eat, to be held and loved. After a couple of days to boost her up, they took her back for a fourth bowel surgery. When they brought her back to the nursery, the surgeon was very sad. She only had 15 cm of small bowel left which is not compatible with life. Ruwaidha also did not tolerate the surgery very well and arrested on the surgical table. Even after going through all of this, little Ruwaidha still could speak to us with her beautiful eyes. This picture was taken the night before she passed away in her mommy's arms. Our God is great and has a purpose for every precious life. We trust in Him to grow the seeds of His love that were planted here at Kijabe. We pray that mommy will feel His presence in this difficult time. Mommy lives in a refugee camp in Northern Kenya near her home country of Somalia.
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I’m amazed at the juxtaposition of the life/death events you experience in your work. You witness the beginning of a new life and then in the next minute you witness the end of another life—two awesome events in the life of a human being. Praying that the Lord sustains you and that those around you will experience His love in you.
Paul P.
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