05 May 2009

Prayer request

Please pray for a new little baby who was admitted to our ward yesterday. He doesn't have a name yet. He was born yesterday morning at 3 am, and his mother died from postpartum hemorrhage, a fairly common occurrence here. He was her first child. Her husband was quite shell-shocked when I met them yesterday afternoon.

The baby now has a fever and even had some febrile seizures last night. He is on two antibiotics and we are trying to control his fever. I suspect meningitis or sepsis (bloodstream infection). Please pray that the Lord would preserve this little one, as his father is quite desperate having just lost his wife yesterday. Thank you for praying.

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