Baby Theodore got admitted to the hospital almost two weeks ago. He was so severely dehydrated and malnourished when he first showed up that we weren't even sure that he would survive. Almost eight months old, he was the size of a newborn. Sadly, Teddy was also abandoned by his family. But he got plenty of loving and TLC from all the volunteers. Over the last week Teddy came to life. He still can hardly drink anything from a bottle and gets all his nutrition through a feeding tube, but he started smiling and yesterday I got him to laugh! Moments like that are the best part of being in Haiti. He was doing so well that he was discharged from our hospital yesterday and transferred to a malnourishment center for long term care and he has an adoptive family waiting for him!
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| Teddy early on in his hospitalization |
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| Baby Teddy, all smiles! |
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| Teaching Teddy farm animal sounds with the iPhone :) |
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