Everyone...meet Etrinne and her new baby, Usher. Yep, just like the singer!
Last Saturday we had finished the HARDEST part of our walk to Jacmel - I was finally feeling human again when my phone started to ring. I was glad it wasn't in the middle of the walk because I wouldn't have been able to talk because I was so out of breath.
Hint: This walk is just like many things in life - the hardest part is the middle!
The caller was telling me that Etrinne was at Doctors w/o Borders having her baby! What a great reward! Some of you know that HIV is something I am passionate about. I want our ladies to have the care and treatment they need to have a long life. I have been working hard to get her everything she needed to have this baby at the hospital which I have found is not always easy. Finally, it all fell into place! The system worked and she got it! Now he is here! He weighs 5 lbs 13 oz and is doing well.
BTW - the ultrasound said he was suppose to be a girl and she kept saying, no, a boy! Just like any other mom she only had girl clothes since that is what the doctor told her. She and Usher will continue to be in our program until he is one. Technically speaking that is! The day Etrinne walked into our program my life changed and will never be the same. She and Usher are why we are here doing what we are doing.
Please pray with me that his tests will continue to come back negative for HIV!
1 comment:
so cute! funny that it's a boy. :) he's so little! i miss little babies :) can't wait to meet him in Dec!!
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