There was a 3 day interval from the assessment at Healing Hands to the surgery days at the Bernard Mevs/Project Medishare Hospital.
This young mother brought her baby not because he had a large head but because he couldn't hold his head. His head looked a little smaller than normal, which could indicate "microcephaly" or a small, underdeveloped brain. Pray for strength for this mother as she raises a child that will be severely handicapped.
The doctors decided on a surgical list and ordered cat scans for several of the children. Project Medishare paid for the cat scans for these children. We helped out by driving the mothers to the cat scan building.
The mother dressed in the white t-shirt and sitting on the right was beaten up by her cousin's wife after they had a disagreement. The mother had a split lip and bloody nose when she was at the assessment. The sad thing is that the baby was either thrown or was dropped and the baby landed on her head.
Calwens cat scan showed that his shunt was working fine and the doctor decided against doing further surgery.
This young baby has the opportunity for surgery before the head circumference has increased much. The earlier the better for these children.
This mother has taken the team to braid her baby's hair to see the doctor.
Some of the mothers are very young.
This mother is smiling down at her child. The mothers have hope for a better life for their children.
Some mothers are discouraged with having a hydrocephalus child and they make the decision to abandon them. This child was abandoned by the family by the cat scan machine. The mother said that she was stepping out to buy something to drink and never came back. The hospital looked after the baby until an orphanage could be found. This baby was placed after a couple of weeks.
