Kamba and the stars
http://dianachamia.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/kamba-et-ses-etoiles/
Room 129, it’s the room for macrocephaly babies , I went there maybe because of curiosity but especially because there were children. Once I got there I saw this dwarf lady with her macrocephaly baby.
I went to them and we talked for a while and she told me she was poor and had no monet but I knew she was lying because they weren’t treated as regular patients and having little privildges (for the meal for example). I told her I was penniless too but remembered Mavo game me 2000 Ar and gave it to the lady (I hope Mavo doesn’t read about this because she gave me the money for internet connection)
On Monday 9th at 9 am, the little lady came into our room very joyful and looking a lot like Snow White afte she was awaken. She told me :
- Come with me I want to help you..
- You helping me? what is happening I don’t understand, I asked
- Come with me because you need something for the baby you grought with you for his surgery. It’s a medical valve for after the operation and it costs a fortune. And if you come with me you can get it for free
The nurse agreed with her and urge me to go with the lady. We went together to a house near a Jovenna gas station. We went upstairs to the first floor and an old monsieur who looks a lot like a morroccan was in his office. She said :
-It’s her
At first I felt scared because we were at a very dark house with not suffisent lighting around and I had no idea where we were. By the time he started to speak many images developped in my head ; I thought they were organs traffickers…
- Is it you who came here with the child with a big nose ?
- It is not his nose, it is called a frontal Meningocele
- You know the name, I thought you weren’t aware of it
- I know a lot because the ex-minister of health explained it to me and then I checked on the internet and it is due to a folic acid deficiency at the first month of pregnancy.
- Great you seem to taking good care of him , the thing I want to give you costs 5 000 000 fmg and you deserve to get it because she told me about your dream to hlp this baby.
I was speechless and the only thing I amanged to ask was :
-How much is it again?
-1.000.000ariary=5.000.000fmg, and if I have enough time I will visit you at the room 125 for neuro-surgery patients, and if there is anything else I can do for you don’t hesitate to come by, ok Diana?
I nodded and found nothing else to say but when I had my mind cleared I was already thanking him so many times I think he was starting to get annoyed. Then I thanked the lovely lady who now looks more like fairy to me. How can I imagine that a woman I visited earlier this week at room 129 could help us this much when I only gave her 2000 Ar at first place.
When I came back at the hospital, put the medical valve in the box for Kamba’s things ready for the operation and told everyone about the miracle.
Tuesday 10th, everyone has only one thing in their mind “it’s today Lord help our little one”. At 11 am, they took him at the bloc and all the stars shined only for Kamba. Only one person could attend the surgery with him, since Georgine wasn’t really ready, Mavo decided to assist the baby in her place. It was done at 3 pm, and cried, I was thinking to myself “well he is crying it means he is alive”. The first step of the process is now accomplished , we’re waiting for the second surgery. Poor little kiddo was crying because he was hungry, we couldn’t give him food from 4 am. 3.23 pm his mom is allowed to feed him, he can sleep thight now.

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