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Day Four


We had a good nite rest but a lady decided she needs to sweep our room at 5.30a.m. and we let her be. At 7.30 I went to the ICU rang the bell as you have to be allowed in and there was no response. I came back to the room asked Alex that we go back and when we did, we were informed that Samara was off the ventilator which we rejoiced for and that we could only see her at 4p.m as the doctors were busy in the ICU..that was a hard one to swallow but we said that’s ok. I later went to third floor and asked the nurse why as parents we are prohibited to see baby girl and they explained that because of the open wounds there is high rate of infection and hence need to limit visitors. However they promised to update us on her progress which they didn’t. 

Breakfast was ok, think we have adopted to it..we have 4 slices of white bread, with jam , omelette and tea. Later a nurse came said sam is good, awake and is ready to be fed. So I took the weetabix and milk to the ICU and hopefully they may bring her to the room in the evening. I pray so..but we thank God so much for the good progress. So we stuck in the room, watching more movies or sleeping..its such a draining routine but   hey we thank God we can be here… Have I mentioned how phone network here is a challenge for Vodafone..we keep resending messages …

To kill time we decided to take a walk out of hospital. It was an experiencing, every car, tuk tuk, motor bike is hooting . I thought crossing Nairobi roads is tricky here it is scary. We took our walk, it was not too hot yet we were sweating so much, the street wasn’t that clean with trash every few steps. Anyways we wanted to purchase some fruits and milk and were able to locate a supermarket. Alex was excited to see coke and we did our little shopping and walked back, all sweaty. 
I must mention the  water melons here are great. Unlike Nairobi where you have to taste a piece before you buy, here they sell them whole and believe you me they are sweet and last longer.At least we won't have to eat this fruit salad




When we got back it was a few minutes to four, prepared melon and milk for samara and went to ICU. As usual you leave your shoes outside, wear some slippers, a gown , wash your hands, sanitize them and wear a mask. It was so good to see her, initially she seemed to be asleep but when we called her she woke up and started crying. She sat up, her cry sounded different guess its coz f the oxygen tube in her nose. Oh we just touched her and she just said mummy, daddy..of course am sure she wondered why we were in the masks..but so good to see her.As usual you don’t stay too long and we were requested to take for her some milk and diapers later at about 8p.m. 

Back to the room, dinner came and yes we ate more chicken and Alex said we shall start crowing like chicken at this rate. We thank God for Sam's progress give our families an update and just relax into our boring routine..of watching movies.

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