Emidson is 18 months old and weighted 11 pounds when he was admitted. His mom died when he was 3 months old.  His dad is still alive, but no one has seen him since before Emidson was born.  Since the death of his mama he has been living with his grandma.  She has been doing her best to care for him.  In the last 2 months he has gone downhill.  He has not been wanting to eat well and has been losing weight.  For the past 2 weeks he has had a fever and diarrhea. He also has infected sores on his legs and other areas of his body.  The family lives in a 1 room home made of 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 pump that is about a 5 minute walk from their home.  The family has gardens where they grow peanuts, beans, and corn. We began treatment with the F-75 Therapeutic milk and then graduated him to the medika mamba program.

Jalot came to the clinic with a wound on his foot.  His aunt, who is caring for him said she thought it had been there since birth, but Jalot said he was walking fine and going to school last year.  The family does not seem to know much about his past medical history. His dad moved to Miami a few years ago and his mom left last year to go to Chile. He lives in a home with his aunt, grandparents and several cousins. 

Once the wound heals on his leg, he will need to have surgery to be able to walk again.  With the country being bad the past few months he has been staying here to get daily dressing changes and good nutrition.   

Estano is 6 years old and weighted 27 pounds when he was admitted. He has 7 livings siblings and 2 that have died. He lives with his family in a 4-room home made of clay, sticks and tin.  He does not have running water at his home or a flush toilet but does have an outhouse. This past month he has been showing signs of kwashiorkor and this past week has had a fever each day.  He has also been having diarrhea for 10 days now.  This is his 2^nd time with kwashiorkor. He traveled 3 hours by foot and motorcycle to arrive at the clinic. He is current on the medika mamba program.

  Luxon is 4 years old and weights 26 pounds. He was brought to the clinic by his father.  He has 2 sibling’s and home. The family lives in a 4-room home made of rocks, dirt and tin.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet.  They get their water from a source that is about a 15-minute walk from their home.  The family are farmers and grow beans, corn, grains and yams in their gardens.

Luxon has been sick on and off for several months.  He began showing signs of kwashiorkor about 1 months ago.  He also has fever, cold, diarrhea and no appetite to eat.  His father has been really worried about him and brought him to the clinic. He traveled 4 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic. He was started of the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.

Malanda was 5 months old and weighted 6 pounds when she was admitted. She came to the clinic with her mama.  She had been losing weight for a few months and became very sick with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. She had an IV placed soon after she was admitted and was started on medications. Her mama buys items in bulk and then resells them for a profit.  Her papa is a farmer and grows beans, corn and sweet potatoes in their gardens. He takes these crops and resells them at larger open-air markets for a profit.  Malanda has 4 livings sisters and 1 brother.  The family lives in a 2-room home made of rocks and tin.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, not even an outhouse. They get their water from a source that is close to their home. They traveled 3 hours by foot and motorcycle to arrive at the clinic.  She and her mother were admitted for inpatient care. Her mama believed her breast milk was making Malanda sick so she stopped breast feeding. While she stayed here we were able to reintroduce breast feeding and help her mama to bound well with her again.

Mitshnaidie was 18 months old and weighted 18 pounds when she was admitted. She was brought to the clinic by her grandmother.  She was cared for by her mother until the end of Aug 2019.  At that time her mother took her to his grandma’s house and dropped her off.  This was the first time the grandma had met her.  Her mother said she was tired of taking care of her and left. She had the beginning signs of kwashiorkor with edema in her feet and legs.  She also had diarrhea, fever and vomiting.

She is the only child of her mother.  She lives with her grandparents and 8 other people in a 3-room home.  The home is made of sticks and dirt.  The family are farmers and grow corn, roots and beans in their gardens.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet. The get their water from a source that is about 1.5 hour walk from their home.

She was started on the F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba   program.