Story of James Wangui
James was born on April 15th, 2009 at Kijabe Hospital. He was born 10 weeks early and weighed 1340 gms (3 lbs).
His mom, Hannah is 35 yrs old and this is her third boy. She comes from a poor farming community. She and her husband work on a farm and sell what they grow as income.
For the first week and half James was doing well in the nursery, not requiring oxygen and beginning to eat with a little amount of breastmilk. At 10 days old, he became sick with an infection and was transferred to the ICU where he was put on a ventilator to help him breathe. He spent 5 days on the ventilator and 8 days in the ICU. He also had an infection in his intestines that kept him from eating for 15 days.
James is truely a miracle baby as only one in three infants live that have been on the ventilator.
He was transferred back to the nursery and needed several blood transfusions. He slowly started feeding again at 25 days old and did well with digesting his food. James is a fighter. He has a will to live despite several times where he “forgot” (due to his prematurity) to breathe and needed resuscitation. Mom was finally able to breastfeed him for the first time when he was 60 days old! She was so happy. He is now 2 ½ months old and is still in the nursery. He is breastfeeding well but still requires oxygen and is not at the weight where he can go home.
We would like to raise some money to help Hannah pay her hospital bill which is around $2,500.00. Considering she makes around $1–2/day, that is a very large amount. Without some outside help there is no way she will be able to pay her bill. We know that God has a special purpose for James as it is only by His hand that James is the adorable little boy that he is. James loves to be held and demands it often keeping Hannah and his "aunties" (us) busy. The mothers that have infants in the nursery stay at the hospital to care for and feed their babies every two hours, day and night. Hannah has not been home for over two months and has not had more than one hour sleep at any one time. Despite all of this she remains devoted to James and comes running any time he is crying and wanting to be held or fed. The family is struggling financially as Hannah has been in the hospital and unable to help work on the farm. There is a Needy Children’s Fund at Kijabe Hospital to help with this kind of situation. Would you consider helping her and James?
If you are interested in helping you can send a check to:
Africa Inland Mission
PO Box 178
Pearl River, NY 10965
Please attach a note on the check for “Kijabe Hospital, Needy Children’s Fund Account # 70351.” It is important to designate Kijabe Hospital so that AIM knows where to send the money. If you could also let us know if you sent money and how much, via email, then we can let the finance office here at Kijabe know that there is money coming for the account and it can be credited to Hannah’s bill.
James was born on April 15th, 2009 at Kijabe Hospital. He was born 10 weeks early and weighed 1340 gms (3 lbs).
His mom, Hannah is 35 yrs old and this is her third boy. She comes from a poor farming community. She and her husband work on a farm and sell what they grow as income.
For the first week and half James was doing well in the nursery, not requiring oxygen and beginning to eat with a little amount of breastmilk. At 10 days old, he became sick with an infection and was transferred to the ICU where he was put on a ventilator to help him breathe. He spent 5 days on the ventilator and 8 days in the ICU. He also had an infection in his intestines that kept him from eating for 15 days.
James is truely a miracle baby as only one in three infants live that have been on the ventilator.He was transferred back to the nursery and needed several blood transfusions. He slowly started feeding again at 25 days old and did well with digesting his food. James is a fighter. He has a will to live despite several times where he “forgot” (due to his prematurity) to breathe and needed resuscitation. Mom was finally able to breastfeed him for the first time when he was 60 days old! She was so happy. He is now 2 ½ months old and is still in the nursery. He is breastfeeding well but still requires oxygen and is not at the weight where he can go home.
We would like to raise some money to help Hannah pay her hospital bill which is around $2,500.00. Considering she makes around $1–2/day, that is a very large amount. Without some outside help there is no way she will be able to pay her bill. We know that God has a special purpose for James as it is only by His hand that James is the adorable little boy that he is. James loves to be held and demands it often keeping Hannah and his "aunties" (us) busy. The mothers that have infants in the nursery stay at the hospital to care for and feed their babies every two hours, day and night. Hannah has not been home for over two months and has not had more than one hour sleep at any one time. Despite all of this she remains devoted to James and comes running any time he is crying and wanting to be held or fed. The family is struggling financially as Hannah has been in the hospital and unable to help work on the farm. There is a Needy Children’s Fund at Kijabe Hospital to help with this kind of situation. Would you consider helping her and James?
If you are interested in helping you can send a check to:
Africa Inland Mission
PO Box 178
Pearl River, NY 10965
Please attach a note on the check for “Kijabe Hospital, Needy Children’s Fund Account # 70351.” It is important to designate Kijabe Hospital so that AIM knows where to send the money. If you could also let us know if you sent money and how much, via email, then we can let the finance office here at Kijabe know that there is money coming for the account and it can be credited to Hannah’s bill.
Please pray for Hannah and James and how the Lord is leading you to help with finances and prayer.
Blessings in Christ,
Mary & Louise
1 comment:
Mary and Louise,
You two are amazing. And little James is in good hands with the two of you and of course the King of Kings! We are here at the kitchen table and about to pray for James and Hannah. And we will also be sending some money - we'll let you know. I'll also send your email along to some friends. We love you guys. Claire, Luke, Audrey, Carolee, and John
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