HELPING MEDICALLY FRAGILE KIDS

MARIA

LUCIA

HERE ARE PICTURES OF TWO MEDICALLY FRAGILE MAYAN KIDS WE HELP. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 30 PLUS THAT WE HELP. I HAVE A HEART FOR KIDS WHO ARE 'NOT PERFECT' AS I HAVE SUFFERED WITH PTSD MY WHOLE LIFE AND KNOW HOW HARD LIFE CAN BE IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY. 

WHEN I WAS A TEEN I WORKED AT TWO DIFFERENT PLACES FOR KIDS WITH ISSUES. ONE WAS THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE KIDS WERE LEFT AFTER BIRTH. I WOULD GO IN ON SUNDAYS AND SIT IN A ROOM WITH 20 OR MORE INFANTS WHO SUFFERED FROM SPINA BIFIDA, DOWNS SYNDROME,ETC. I WOULD HOLD THEM AND FEED THEM. THEY WERE SPECIAL TO ME. ON SATURDAYS I WENT TO A INSTITUTIONAL HOME FOR 'SPECIAL' KIDS AND PLAYED WITH THEM. THAT WAS IN THE DAY WHEN THE SAME KIDS I KEPT AT THE HOSPITAL WERE SENT FROM THERE TO THE INSTITUTIONAL HOME..

THEN AS AN ADULT I ADOPTED 'SPECIAL KIDS': A DOWNS SON, BLACK KIDS WHEN IT WASN'T POPULAR TO ADOPT BLACK KIDS, ETC. SPECIAL KIDS ARE SPECIAL TO ME.

AT ONE POINT WHEN WE HAD THE OLD ORPHANAGE I WAS ASKED TO TAKE A 3 YEAR OLD 11 POUND, SEVERELY MALNOURISHED LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY. SHE WAS THE CHILD OF A PROSTITUTE AND HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED HER WHOLE LIFE. SHE HAD LAIN IN A TINY CUBICLE AT THE HOSPITAL AND ONE OF THE NURSES ASKED ME TO TAKE HER. WE DID. SHE WAS FINALLY HELD AND LOVED AND GAINED 5 POUNDS IN 5 MONTHS.  WE FELT IMMENSE JOY WHEN WE HELD HER AND WHEN SHE WOULD GIVE A CROOKED, WEAK SMILE AT US. THE NURSE HAD TOLD ME SHE COULD DIE ANY DAY, BUT THAT WAS NOT ON OUR MINDS. ONE DAY WHILE I WAS IN THE USA, SHE ASPIRATED ON HER MILK AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. WHAT A SAD DAY FOR ALL OF US. WE BURIED HER AS A BELOVED CHILD IN THE LOCAL CEMETARY. BECAUSE OF HER DEATH, MALICIOUS RUMORS SPREAD THRU TOWN AND NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE THE PAIN OF HER PASSING, WE HAD THE PAIN OF LIES BEING TOLD. FIVE YEARS LATER, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY ONE OF THESE MALICIOUS LIES AGAIN AND IT STILL HURTS. 

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH LIFE IS IF YOU STEP OUT OF THE BOX, YOU OPEN YOURSELF TO RIDICULE. I DO NOT REGRET TAKING THIS CHILD AS I KNOW HOW HAPPY SHE WAS WITH US AND I KNOW HER LIFE BEFORE THEN.

SO NOW WE STILL HELP MEDICALLY FRAGILE KIDS. THE TWO ABOVE LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. WE STILL STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE TO HELP BECAUSE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, WE ARE ALWAYS BLAMED. BUT I LISTEN TO THE LORD [ MOST OF THE TIME LOL] AND TRY TO FOLLOW HIS PATH AND KNOW HE WANTS THESE KIDS HELPED.

MARIA WAS DISCOVERED HIDDEN IN HER HOME. SHE HAS SPINA BIFIDA AND HAD A HUGHLY INFECTED FOOT. IT WAS SO BAD SHE WAS NEAR DEATH. YOU PAID FOR HOSPITAL CARE IN THE CITY, HER AND HER MOTHER'S TRANSPORT THERE, HER MEDS, ETC. SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WHILE AND FINALLY RECOVERED ENOUGH TO COME HOME. WE GOT HER A WHEELCHAIR AND HAVE TRIED TO GET HER TO SCHOOL, BUT SHE IS TOO EMBARRASSED TO GO. WE CHECK ON HER EACH TIME WE ARE IN HER COMMUNITY AND TAKE MEDS AND BANDAGES FOR HER FOOT AND GIVE HER MOM ONE MORE LECTURE ON KEEPING IT CLEAN. 

LUCIA WAS DISCOVERED A WEAK, BARELY FUNCTIONING CHILD WHEN WE HAD DOCTOR KIM FROM WA. DOING PHYSICALS ON SCHOOL KIDS WE HELP. DOC KIM DISCOVERED A HEART MURMUR. THEN DOCTOR PETER FROM BOSTON TOOK OVER AND EVENTUALLY LUCIA HAD HEART SURGERY. SHE IS A DIFFERENT CHILD. GAINED 25 POUNDS. RUNS AND PLAYS. HER HAIR EVEN GOT DARKER.

GLAD WE DIDN'T STOP HELPING BECAUSE OF RUMORS AND CRUEL PEOPLE.

WE ,AT CASA DE SION, STILL NEED YOU TO HELP US. PLEASE DONATE SO WE HAVE A FUND FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE KIDS AND NEVER HAVE TO SAY NO. ALSO PRAY SO WE ARE PROTECTED AS WE CONTINUE TO HELP.

WE LEAVE AGIAN FOR GUATEMALA IN A MONTH. IF YOU WISH TO DONATE, WRITE ME FOR AN ADRESS TO SEND DONATIONS.

WE NEED FOLKS TO DO FUNDRAISERS FOR US. WE HAVE IDEAS. WRITE FOR THOSE.

THANKS

VICKI

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