Apr
17
Written by:
David Strickland
4/17/2007 9:24 PM
Finally we got an update on the girls. One is fine she has recovered. The second girl however is getting worse. Her jaundice is deepening the yellow behind her eyes is getting darker. The social hospital doesn't seem to be doing much good. Our caretaker took a loan to cover some of the expenses about 10,000rs ($200). We told her to go ahead and transfer her to a better hospital. Definetely a down day. Mercy wishes she could be there as it is the doctors aren't paying any attention to her because they know she's an orphan and figure she can't pay her bill. If Mercy was there she could sit with her and as soon as the doctors knew there was going to be someone there until she got better they would take better care.
The poor rooms in the hospitals are just open halls with 20 or more patients on flat beds. It's almost sureal like a war time movie the cries of those in pain or dying can be heard at all hours of the day and night. It just feels like a place you go to die. The doctors come through on occasion offering what care they can but since they assume the patients can't pay for more advance care the option isn't even offered. We wish we could be there. Hopefully the new Hospital will take better care of her. We found out today that it was Jaundice that killed her father 1 year ago. Needless to say the first patron of our orphanage is a little scared.