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
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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