He is 6 years old and weighs 29 pounds (his lowest weight). He was referred to us from Children’s Health Ministries. He has been losing weight for about 7 months now and just does not want to eat much. He also has a cold and cough. The day he was admitted he has spaghetti to eat and the day before a plate of rice with beans sauce. He has 1 living sibling and 1 that has died from malnutrition. His parents both buy items in bulk and resells them to make a profit. They also have a garden where they grow bananas and corn. The family of 4 lives in a 2 room home made of cement, cinder block and tin. They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, but do have an outhouse. They get their water from a source that is about a 10 minute walk form their home. The families average monthly income is around $53US. His mama traveled 3 hours by motorcycle and taxi to arrive at the clinic. He was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.
DIEUFERSON
He is 7 years old and weighs 29 1/2 pounds. He was in our outpatient medika mamba program and was not doing well, his papa asked if we could admit him into our inpatient program. The day he was admitted he had a plate of rice to eat and the day before some soup. He has 3 other siblings living at home. The family of 5 lives in a 4 room home made of tin, cinder block and cement. This is his first time with kwashiorkor. His papa is a farmer and grows beans and grains in his gardens. They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, but do have an outhouse. They get their water from a piped system that is in front of their home. The families average monthly income is around $106US. They traveled by motorcycle for about 30 minutes to arrive at the clinic. He was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.
FRIDEAU
He is 6 months old and weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces when admitted (currently is 6 pounds 6 oz after edema is going down). He was referred to us from Children’s Health Ministries. In his short life he has been through a time of kwashiorkor 5 times already. When admitted his glucose levels were in the 50’s and he was a very sick little guy. His family was giving him portage, water and milk to drink. For example in a weeks time he has drank 3 bottles of formula. The families average monthly income is around $32US. The family traveled 4 hours by motorcycle and taxi to arrive at the clinic. He was started on the medika mamba program.
JAMESLY
He is 5 years old and weighs 22 pounds. He was referred to us from CHI. He has been sick for several weeks with fever, diarrhea and a cold. He is being treated for Typhoid. The day he was admitted he had fish to eat and the day before a plate of rice and juice. He has 3 living siblings at home and the family lives in a 1 room home that they rent. They do not have running water at the home or a flush toilet, but do have an outhouse. They purchase their water from a vendor that passes by the area once a day selling water. The families average monthly income is around $85US. They traveled about 3 hours by vehicle to arrive at the clinic. While we were filling out paper work for him to be admitted they called to tell the mama that she had another child that was being taken to the cholera hospital and she had another sick child at home. He was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.
RADELENS
He is 16 months old and weighed 15 pounds when admitted. He currently is 12 pounds after losing 3 pounds from the edema caused by the kwashiorkor. He was referred to us from Children’s Health Ministries. His glucose levels were in the 30’s when admitted. His mama died in December and his papa has been trying to care for him since then. Many days he would leave him in the house for many hours while he was out working. A distant family member brought him to the clinic and we do not have any family history on him yet. He was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.
YANA
She is 2 years old and weighs 16 pounds 8 oz. Her mama tells us that she has been losing weight for several weeks and this past week began showing the beginning signs of kwashiorkor (swelling in her feet). She failed the appetite test and her mama asked that she be admitted into the inpatient program. She also has been passing lots of worms. Her parents are farmers and grow beans, corn and pumpkins in their gardens.The family lives with the mama’s sister in a 4 room home. They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, but do have an outhouse. They get their water from a piped system that is about 5 minutes from their home. The day she was admitted she had not had anything to eat and the day before she had stew. The families average monthly income is around $63US. The family traveled around 2 hours by motorcycle and taxi to arrive at the clinic. She was started on the medika mamba program shortly after she arrived.
JONISE
She is 6 months old and weighs 11 pounds. She has 2 living siblings and 1 that has died of kwashiorkor. Her parents got into a fight last month. When the mama got up in the morning the papa had left with Jonise. She asked around and tried to find out if anyone knew where they were at. After about a month she was able to locate them. The papa beat her up and bit her in several places but she left with Jonise. Jonise had not been breastfeed for a month and was showing signs of kwashiorkor. Her mama asked us to keep her in our inpatient program so that they could both heal. The mama and papa are both farmers and grow beans, corn and bananas in their gardens. The mama lives in a 1 room home made of sticks, mud and tin. They get their water from a ditch that is about a 15 minute walk from their home. She travels about 2 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic. Jonise was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.
