Our former “orphan” Bartolomeo has come back to Chaaria yesterday because of an attack of malaria. Today he is a bit better. Yesterday he was unable to retain drugs and he was coughing very much. Fever was very high and he was looking dull.
IV quinine and IV antibiotics have changed the situation very quickly and today the small patient can feed, is not vomiting and he is coughing much less. Also fever has subsided.
As you can see from the photo, he is growing very well; he can now walk and talk freely; and honestly we believe he is not unhappy in Meru Children’s Home at Nkabune. We think Bartolomeo will be ready for discharge as from Tuesday.
Thank you very much for the support you give us. A special thanksgiving for the sponsors of Bartolomeo.
We want to greet all of you with two quotations from two great men who have done so much for promoting equality and justice in the world:
The first quote is in line with the gospel of today which is asking us to love our enemies. It goes: “Do not retaliate when people hate you, because if they hate you, it is because they fear you.” (Martin Luther King).
The second is for us an encouragement when we are weak and we fall and sin many times: “the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling but in rising every time we fall”. (Nelson Mandela)
The Cottolengo Mission Hospital Staff
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