Brighton is “Satisfied”!

This is a quick, short post to let you who’ve been praying know that Brighton, the baby who wasn’t thriving, and who we spent the day with last Friday, is eating! I called to check on him yesterday afternoon, and his Mom, Jennipher said he had had three full bottles by the time I had called, and that he was quite satisfied. This is a particular joy, because the NICU here wasn’t doing anything, and the doctors at UTH (University Teaching Hospital) seemed quite miffed that we had brought him, when the NICU should have been following him (and WAS following him), but just told her to keep breastfeeding him, even though her milk was different than with her first two children, and even though he wasn’t growing even a smidge.

If we hadn’t had our little malnourished orphan boy, Samuel, we wouldn’t have known how to be a help to them at all. We are grateful that our experience 14 years ago from the wisdom of nutritionists at Children’s Hospital in Boston came in quite handy this week as we used the same concepts to care for Brighton. We’ll keep you updated on his growth, as we eliminate, hopefully, malnutrition, and figure out what the extent of his other intellectual disabilities are. Thank you for praying!