Baby Aurelio (I’m sure I’m spelling it wrong, but you get my gist) and Mama Aurelio, Joyce, have been visiting our home twice a day since last Saturday as the antibiotic for his pneumonia needs to be refrigerated.
We are happy to see Joyce and this sweet little boy so much!
Yesterday Mama Aurelio took her boy to the district hospital orthopedic clinic to schedule the cranial ultrasound…and came back having had it already! I was thrilled to look at the report which indicates that structurally, everything seems to be there and intact. What a relief. There was concern that there might have been frontal lobe damage/deformity in the brain as well as to that area of the skull.
Joyce seemed relieved.
I can’t blame her. I’m relieved too.
Mama Aurelio still has a very long road to travel. She is an orphan attempting to raise a baby in a slum on the income of her boyfriend who drives boda boda for a living. It is not uncommon for her to wake up in the morning without food to eat. Can any new mother imagine that?? I’m grumpy if someone isn’t helping to bring me the food right after I give birth, let alone there not being any.
We are seeing what we can do to support Joyce, but also to have appropriate boundaries as it was her decision to leave the Pregnancy Support Program at the Centre a few months ago…..knowing that she would be on her own.
Please pray for strength and good health for Joyce and baby Aurelio. And for wisdom for us!