Lisa - a newborn comes to Nice View

Birthday

History

On 09 January, I, Gudrun Dürr, am called to the phone by our accountant Jimmy. It is urgent he says. On the line our social worker Cosmas. The Youth Welfare Office got in touch. A baby, approximately 5 days old, needs to be picked up at the police station in Diani. Immediately I pack some baby clothes, and we drive to Diani. 

Once we arrive, no sign of a baby. The ones that have found it have gone for lunch, the policemen say. And indeed, after a short period of waiting, they show up. When we see the baby, a little girl, we realize this is really a newborn. 

After having shortly been informed about the circumstances – the baby was found by coincidence, exposed to various dangers, crying in the bushes at 9 p.m. – and right after all papers are signed, we can take the baby with us.

On the way home we stop at a supermarket. We require nappies. The smallest size is not in stock. Still on the parking spot we change the baby, which is bar naked and only scantily wrapped in a blanket. We get frightened when we see the navel. The umbilical cord is still several centimeters long and only provisionally constricted. We decide to immediately consult our general practitioner Dr. Mashanga. Dr. Mashanga is not around but a young physician advises us to regularly disinfect the umbilical cord and prescribes an antibiotic. 

Past arrival in Nice View, all co-workers and children welcome the baby, and the little one takes already interestedly note from her environment. After a first bath and small bottle of milk, she falls asleep deeply contented.

We are pleased with our new family member Lisa (the name has been chosen by our other children) and hope that the result of the HIV test, which cannot be performed yet, will be negative.

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