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| Gorgeous mom with tiny prem. |
One
of the privileges of being a volunteer for Bosom Buddies is that we build
relationships with the moms who stay in the kangaroo room.
With
HH being a high risk hospital, a lot of mothers get referred here with
complications in their pregnancies, and especially when in labour with
premature babies. In the labour ward is a room where these mothers stay while
they wait for their babies to grow to an acceptable weight for them to be
discharged. This room is called the kangaroo room, since moms are encouraged to
keep the babies against their chests, skin-to-skin (really beneficial for
growth and brain development, and amazingly, no incubator is necessary since
mom keeps baby at the perfect temperature!). These babies are unbelievably,
miraculously tiny. They get discharged when their weight reaches 1.8kg, so in
hospital we meet babies from 600g and up. It is these moms who we get to know,
who we like to spend time with, encourage and reassure.
Below
are a few notes we have received from the kangaroo moms this past month. It is
encouraging and wonderful to receive some acknowledgement of what we do and
that we do touch their lives in a significant, tangible way.
Hello
there my name is X, who gave birth to a beautiful baby boy in Helderberg
Hospital on Saturday. You guys came on Monday to give s bags with nappies, pads
and baby blankets. I just want to thank you about because I had quite a few of
mine (nappies) and so with yours I manage to change my baby using yours cause
mine were finished already. I really appreciate what you guys do to people.
Thank you Thank you and thank you and God Bless.
Yours
Faithfully
X
To
people who stole my heart!!
The
bags was a amazing gift and me and my baby girl really appreciate it a lot!!
I’m really thankfull for the bag and the stuff that was in there! Thank you
very much!
Dear
Bushem Buddy’s
I’m
only thanking you for giving out the bags cause it came in very handy
especiallty when you have nothing. I do really mean to say thank you very much.
Keep on with good work buddy’s it helps each and every mother appreciate it.
I
would like to thank you guys for the good job use are doing. We as mothers
appriceheat it for what use are doing. The things you give us and the baby’s it
helps a lot because we get a lot of people that are in need of baby stuff. So
keep up the good work u guys do and again thanks a lot for the goodies.
From:
Dominic
Update
on Zoleka
Last month I shared with our
supporters what Zoleka and our team have been experiencing these last 3 months.
We have been overwhelmed by the love and support shown to Zoleka and the whole
of the BB team.
A quick update:
On 13 December 2013 her husband, daughter of
12, boys of 5 and 3, sister-in-law and 1-year old nephew died in a horrific car
accident on the N1 on their way to Mozambique where her husband's family lives.
Finally, after 10 agonising weeks, with DNA tests done, the police have
released the bodies of Zoleka's family on 25 Feb. They deserve a beautiful
burial in the place of her husband's birth - Mozambique. On Tuesday the 4th
of March, Zoleka began the journey to
take her family home. As you can imagine, this is a very difficult exercise.
We expect Zoleka back on 24 March. Please continue praying in support of
Zoleka and those of us walking this road alongside her.
