Update on Jn Iler and Paul

Jn Iler has been at RHFH almost a month now, and he is finally making solid progress in his recovery.  It took quite a while for his swelling (from water retention) to go down.  He had an appetite from the day he arrived, but was unable to eat enough calories

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Staff Spotlight: Meet Mamoun

Several years ago, while her mother was about eight months pregnant with her fourth child, Mamoun’s father left their family.  He moved in with another woman, and returned only once to affirm he was abandoning them.  A few months later, he became very sick and passed away. With a deceased

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Darlens

I was lying in bed late at night, with one of the kids in my care sleeping next to me, as his crib and the extra child’s mattress in my room had two kids on IV and oxygen sleeping in them.  I had just come back from preparing a little

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3 new boys admitted last week

MAYSON He is an only child and is 24 months old and weighs 15 pounds 12 ounces.  His mom tells us that he will not eat anything.  We are also finding it hard to get him to eat much food.  We put a feeding tube down on Monday so that

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A Haitian prayer

Senye,  Si n’ap viv jodi a, malgre siklon, granngou, ak maladi, nou dwe di,   ” Mesi Senye.  Nou genle la pou yon bi” Lord,  If we are alive today in spite of hurricanes, hunger and sickness, we should say, “Thank you Lord.  We must be here for a purpose.

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At the end of life…

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed

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