Matilda

On Monday (March 10) I took Matilda back to the hospital.  For 2 weeks she has been home with a halo thing on her head and chest to keep her immobile while her back and neck heal from the surgery.  On Monday they admitted her.  Tuesday they removed all the apparatus.  Then Thurs, Fri, and Mon and Tues they will do intensive physical therapy.  They will be teaching her mother what she needs to do.  Then they will send her home next Wednesday with leg braces and a wheelchair paid for by one of our volunteers who has had great concern for her.  We may also have our welder make a simple walker for her to use.

 

About 2 weeks ago her father was arrested for theft.  We believe that he is in jail for 18 months.  So we are encouraging her mother to make things for the Chimwemwe ladies so that we can sell them and she can have some money that way.  Right now some relatives are helping her with having food.  We pray that she is not kicked out of where they live since her husband won't be working during that time.