These test strips are a simple tool to check blood sugar levels and we are getting low. We use these eachday for the malnourished children and diabetic patients that RHFH serves. You can click on this link at Walmart. Scroll down to “find a wish list” and type in first
In case you didn’t know~Medika mamba is changing kids lives in a little village called Cazale~one kid at a time. lowest weight 9 pounds 14 ounces today 20 pounds Jesus + food=LIFE (Gretchen Zachary)
This little cutie pie was left sitting outside our gate on Thursday morning. A little cute old man set with him and bought him a bag of water and food. He told him that he did not need to worry, his mother had left him, but the yard she left
What is kwashiorkor? Kwashiorkor is a type of malnutrition that is rare in the United States; it is most common in areas of drought and famine. Kwashiorkor is due to inadequate protein in the diet despite an adequate caloric intake. Symptoms may include irritability and fatigue followed by slowed growth,
There have been a lot of children that have went home this past month. The majority of them are pictured below. Please note that a high majority of the children are admitted with kwashiorkor, due to this many of them have a beginning weight (when they are swollen) and then
