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Day 1


So we slept, and morning were told to take baby to third floor for temperature and blood pressure checks, little did we know this would be our routine. Later same day we needed to do the echo(scan of the heart), ECG , Xray and bloodtests. Well we were given some medicine to sedate Samara and she drank it and took forever to sleep and when she did sleep, it was not as long as we hoped coz all that was done was the echo..which the doctors said showed more than the ASD(Atrial Septum Defect)..something about her pulmonary vein being attached to the right instead of the left but this too was a minor defect that could be corrected during the open heart surgery. So we did the xray  while she was awake, we were impressed she cooperated and we postponed the blood tests and ECG because the baby needs to lie still. Doctor came later in day explained the new developments and said surgery would be either Saturday or Monday.We pleaded that it be sooner and he promised to see how things go.

Oh did I mention the surprise of the food. Breakfast we were given 4 slices of white bread and jam. Lunch was a shocker..well there was dry rice and fried chicken in one plate, another had rice and boiled rice and the other was white rice and dry chicken.  Supper was fries, no ketchup or salt with chicken. We requested for sauce and the guy said he isn’t able to get some .Sam’s appetite was on the low coz of travel and babe really helped in feeding her though she is so happy. She is so loved, all the nurses have this way of greeting her, they touch her cheeks and blow a kiss..we are humbled, they say she is beautiful.



Alex went to get us a sim card in the hospital retreat centre..and it’s a process unlike home..he required passport photo and passport and then the hospital has to write a letter for you and you submit the letter to the  shop you are purchasing  the sim card. He was then requested to wait one hour for sim to be activated and for you to load airtime they have to send you the credit on your phone, you can’t do it yourself as a visitor.In other words we are lucky to get the sim because the hospital states it knows us..they say this is done coz of terrorism…interesting ha. Other places may take 3 weeks.
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Ems Makuthi said…
I had not read this- i knew i would not concentrate...but will read day to day of these now that i am a little relaxed. For sure Samara is nothing but beautiful, never ever doubt that...she looks like me, she had no option...ha!
2 December 2011 at 05:46
Sylvia_Counselor said…
Thanks Aunt Emma. For sure this gal has taught us to understand God just abit better and to know that our lives are in His hands. We thank God for her and her heart which we always pray will love the Lord all the days of her life.
2 December 2011 at 09:10
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