Matilda has a new baby brother

For those who have read about Matilda, the girl with spinal TB, I have a happy report.  Her mother gave birth to a little boy on Thursday night.  It is an interesting story, not one you would hear happening in the US.  Her mother thought she might be in labor on Thursday morning.  So she rode a bicycle to the hospital, up the great north road maybe 8 miles.  They told her no and to maybe come back in a couple of days.  In the evening her sister, who also lives in the village, heard her calling.  She went into their hut and surprise! - she had given birth by herself, no one around and helping.

Yesterday, Sena and I went to see the family and give them a blanket that was made by some ladies in the US.  We were invited into their hut and I got to hold the little boy.  It was a very hot day - definitely in the 90s.  The little fellow was all bundled up with a hat on and wrapped in a couple of warm blankets.  But he was sleeping nicely.  Matilda and her sister came in and I got some pictures of the Momma with her 3 little ones.