Shunts Donated for Hydrocephalus Babies!!
Medical care in Honduras is difficult. People have to stand in long lines outside the hospital in the hot sun to get a chance to see a doctor. Furthermore, the family has to have the funds to purchase any of the medications and bring them to the hospital. One of the saddest situations is the babies born with hydrocephalus. This is caused, in part, from the lack of nutrition in the mothers. Too many times these babies are abandoned there in the hospital. There are dozens of these babies in the hospital waiting for a shunt to be donated so that they could have the needed surgery.
Thanks to Moe Rouse, in Cincinnati, four shunts for the hydrocephalus babies were donated. When I took them to the hospital, the surgeon said that the kits were incomplete. Moe and I had no idea, so it was a big disappointment. I had already told four mothers that they were receiving shunts for their babies and one mother had already made arranged for the surgery. How could we find the missing parts here in Honduras? The Ruth Paz Foundation, which serves children with health care needs here in Honduras, found the missing parts. What a blessing!
Thanks to Peggy Zuniga who found a company, who makes the shunt kits, willing to sell us the kits for ONLY $100 each!! The retail price is $400! Pictured are some of the babies who will receive the shunts. Do pray for the so many babies like them who have been abandoned.