Four More Lives

The time we spent in the "NICU" at Kibuye Hope Hospital made it hard to say good-bye.  In my last post, I told the story of the tiny set of twins that won the struggle without aid of incubators, nasogastric feeding tubes, or electric monitors.

Those aren't the only stories that need to be told.

That Monday I spent five hours helping feed and warm Francine's twins, there were 3 other mamas with their premature babies.  Another of the moms had twins also, so between the mothers there were 6 babies in that room.

Friday we got the report that the other set of twins was doing great, gaining weight, and had been sent home.

But the other two babies had died.

The mamas in these last two pictures now have empty arms.  

"When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence."  
--Maya Angelou