Hello brothers, sisters love ones, and friends of God is Love Orphanage.
It has not been easy at all for us in this deplorable condition during heavy rain fall and humidity, our children are sick with malaria and the common cold. The children`s cases were not good that almost killed one of them few days ago is the child with sickle cell anemia or blood disorder (sickle trait)a severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is commonest among those of African descent.
Early this week, her heart beats was 121 times in a minute with very high fever of 40 degrees which was very abnormal. After we rushed with her to the hospital and the doctor diagnosed her, he told us if she sleeps without blood that night she would die because her heart would stop working of continual-excessive palpitation. It rains heavily that night, so we rushed with her at the national hospital for blood transfusion, and her blood was taken to the laboratory and they told us later that she only had 5grams which was very bad said the doctor. If her Hb (hemoglobin is that low to 5gm), she could die overnight. Now who will donate for blood I was told by the doctor that my blood pressure was high because of stress due to her sickly condition that night running here and there for healing solution. As God will have the glory, some young people with a humanitarian club called the Gabon community who visited us earlier that day and offered some used cloths with food stuff were called that very night and asked if they can donate. Yes, their president respond, and they willingly came to the hospital and two of them gave two pints of blood and the one was given to us for Oumu the sick child according to the hospital`s requirement a patient should provide two pints, one will be for the blood bank and one will be given to the patient so that there will be blood at all time for emergency cases like accidents of waste of blood. The blood was transmitted at around 1:30 am in the morning till daybreak at 6:00 am. After she had the transfusion she had a very high fever throughout the day which was 40 decrees and that very abnormal which made us not to sleep accordingly in two nights, but I was administering with antibiotics and paracetamol which made her fever to reduce to normalcy according to the doctors. Much better now, but yet medicines prescribed by the doctors has not yet all been paid for. Dr. Drame who is the only specialist treating Sickle cell patient in Guinea Conakry told us after the blood transfusion we have to constantly visit him especially during the raining seasons such children have a lot of sickle cell crisis attacking or disturbing them. Attached here, are photos of Ouma during our visit to the hospital and her blood transfusion. Thanks immensely for your Spiritual, moral support and financial assistance,four children sick in the Orphanage and out of the Orphanage that are under our care, some of these children sleep in leak houses and do not have mattresses to sleep at night which has caused a lot of them to fall sick during torrents of rains. We have helped such children with mattresses from the Orphanage but we too do not have enough now to give outside children because the orphans are many in the Orphanage. Oumo the Sickle cell positive needs good food and vitamins syrups will be bought to help build her immune system again, because she has been very thin and pale during this sickly condition. Your support is continually needed to help other children`s crises at this moment. We will forever be grateful for your kindness, donation and . He who has promised and never fail will surely replenish you in every aspect of your lives in Christ glorious name. Amen.
In His service,
Pastor Michael Kargbo
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