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Gbessey was brought to Mercy Hospital with alarmingly high blood pressure. A diabetic, she was so weak she was unable to walk. After a few days of blood pressure medication and proper diet, she was feeling much better and was able to stand and walk on her own. “It was good I can go to Mercy. I was so afraid that I would not be well again. Thank God, I am much better now." 
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It is with deepest sorrow that we provide this update on the baby Abu-Bakarr, who we wrote about yesterday. Abu was brought to Mercy Hospital after being referred by Mercy's Outreach team. Severely malnourished, Abu struggled to breathe, and the Mercy staff worked diligently through the day yesterday to try to save his life. They were unsuccessful and Abu passed away at 8:40 last night.
There are many malnourished children just like Abu in the villages that are served by Mercy's Nutrition program. Mercy strives to get to each village on a monthly basis to provide these children with the nutritional supplementation they need to survive. Your support of the Mercy nutrition program is so critical to saving lives. Thank you again for standing with us in prayer. Your prayers for Abu were a source of solace to him and his family, who are comforted in the knowledge that he is in heaven now and no longer suffering. We would like to ask our prayer warrior friends to please pray for baby Abu Bakkar, an 8 month old baby who is only 7.7 lbs. His mother died during childbirth and his father has been unable to properly care for him because he is unemployed.
Mercy identiifed him on an outreach last week and begged the family to come to the hospital, which they did yesterday. Abu is doing a little better today, but he is not out of the woods yet. The staff are doing everything in our power to save his life. The child is severely malnourished and they are trying to feed him. They are testing him for other things, but for now the malnutrition is the only apparent issue. There is no dependable prognosis for now. It's not encouraging that his weight is like a newborn, but there is still some room for hope. It is going to be very touch and go for a while. His breathing seems normal today, yesterday it was not. Please keep him, his family, and the staff in your prayers. |
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