Prayers for Grace... 10/8/2014

  We had a sick baby arrive for consultation today. The mom walked up to the benches set out in the pediatric courtyard under the mango trees with her child in obvious distress. The nurses insisted that she go donate a unit of blood for the obviously distressed and anemic baby-- typically a result of severe malaria. 

  While the mother was donating blood, her sweet little baby died under those mango trees with the nurses.  She waited too late to seek treatment and the malaria was too severe. 

  My own daughter, Grace, has had a fever for 24 hours. We knew what to look for, what to worry about. We started malaria treatment last night when her fever spiked again only slightly-- no vomiting or rigor, just sleepy with fever that day. We tested her first thing this morning-- positive for malaria, just as we suspected. 

  I am truly thankful to have been born in a country where education, and money, and good health are accessible. 

  Thanks in advance for your kind thoughts and prayers for Grace for an uncomplicated recovery. Please also remember the many, many people who aren't in the same position. 

  -Mason, Kim, Grace & Emmie