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Day Five-A Happy Moment


Thank God the lady who cleans didn’t come at 5.30 but at 7 which was ok. A nurse came and said more milk is required for Samara at ICU and its good to hear she is taking it though bits by bits. They had promised to bring her today to the room and am hoping they do, its so different without her and am sure she is wondering where she is with all the strangers…

Today Sunday, I have woken up, no appetite just took cereals and tea. As usual their cornflakes comes without milk..am yet to figure what that is all about. Our fellow Kenyans were moved to third floor. I went to see the room yesterday and in comparison with fourth floor it aint all that but yet again,,we are here because of samara’s heart and total healing so the rest are luxuries. 

I am feeling tired of being in hospital yet we have another maybe 10 days or so…anyways will write later hopefully to say Sam is with us in the room. But one thing we are grateful for is God.We have just seen God and Sam’s scar will always remind us of God’s faithfulness in this process. We also thankful for our parents, family and friends. We have felt their support over and over again.The nurses also are friendly and we  particularly thank God for the one taking care of sam in ICU, may God bless her. 

Our hospitals are so different and very rarely do we get doctors who think patient first then cash..here no one has asked us for any down payment..seems its patient first then payments later unlike a kenyan's experience where she has severally been asked to deposit 500,000 before admission of her child to ICU…well all hospitals have their goods and bads…but we thank God for our cardiologist who is different.


The happiest moment in the last few days was seeing the nurse bring samara to us at 1.30p.m. It was a pleasant surprise. I expected her to come wheeled on a bed and with oxygen but the nurse came alone having just tied a sheet around her. Samara seemed to be in a daze..I guess she feels abit betrayed or disowned coz she must have many questions, so she didn’t say much and we just looked at her. We are happy to see her and wonder how we can hold her.She seems delicate but the nurses say she is good and can be held and can eat anything.





We requested the ICU nurse for a picture with samara coz she handled her so well. Sam thought the nurse was taking her back and she cried.



Other nurses came and took her temperature and BP. They told us we have to keep measuring fluids we give her , her total limit per day is 460ml and we must record. Also once we change her diaper, we need to take the weight and time and record. So after settling in we called family to share the good news…we thank God for this milestone and Alex was able to feed her..somehow she was hungry ate chicken, melon and some water..I also breastfed her and we tried assuring her she is safe. 



Well she seemed slightly uncomfy in her throat and took her to be nabolise(remove the sputum in the lungs)..has to be done thrice a day of which she cries for the ten minutes 


..all in all we are so grateful and happy. She has slept at 4p.m. and we just gazing at her and trusting God for her quick, miraculous healing. Ok am just blogging and I hear a bang from the bathroom where alex is showering, eh soap holder which is glass has just dropped down and broke..hope they don’t deport us to third floor

Well still excited about having Sam in the room but the traffic to the room with nurses at odd hours of the nite and generally I couldn’t sleep..sharing a bed with her you can only sleep facing one side. At 2a.m. we interchanged with Alex and I was able to sleep better.Samara needs alot of reassurance that she is safe and we are praying for her peace of mind

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