donderdag 19 oktober 2017

Eneless and Jonas


Eneless and Jonas joined my family in February 2015. Their mother died due to HIV AIDS and there was no family to care for them. When they arrived in my house Eneless and Jonas were both very sick. They got admitted in the hospital the next day and were started on multiple medications. Nobody in the village knew when they were born so we had to guess their ages. We decided to give Eneless the age of 4 and Jonas 1.

Now two years later both Eneless and Jonas have improved tremendously. Eneless gained almost double her body weight and grew much taller. She is a smart girl and is doing very well in school. She laughs a lot and likes to jump on the trampoline. She is responding well to the medication only struggling with a rash covering most of her body. She recently changed medication and we hope this will clear the body rash.
Jonas also improved big time however he is not doing as well as Eneless. Jonas is not responding very well to his medication and is often sick. Every month he spends some days in the hospital because of some kind of infection; pneumonia, bladder infections, sepsis, TB relapse etc.
Jonas is adorable and absolutely enjoys any kind of attention
- cuddles, lap time and hugs. He smiles a lot and loves reading stories.
The future for these children is unsure. A few months ago I went to the district social welfare office in Lilongwe and asked if any family could be found who would like to adopt these siblings. They responded, because of the medical situation, this was going to be very difficult.


Eneless and Jonas are 6 and 3 years old now. Eneless remembers very well the period while her mother was dying in the village. She often tells me about the hunger, witchcraft and traditional practices she was introduced to. We talk about it but it clearly impacted her. They enjoy living with me and making friends with the other children in the house and at school. However it would be good for them to find a family who would like to adopt them. A family who is able to give them better medical care as what is available in Malawi. 

Love,
Nicole

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