On September 29, we celebrated my baby girl’s 1st birthday. The gratefulness that I am feeling right now is really indescribable. There are many things happened since I gave birth to this beautiful baby girl. So many challenges that we have faced together. I’m just so thankful and blessed that we are able to get through it all.
Here’s a bit of a run through of her amazing year.
She struggled but God gave her strength.
Her first month in the outside world was really hard for her. She had jaundice and acquired pneumonia. We were financially challenged after giving birth and because of that we were forced to move her to a public hospital. The hospital doesn’t want to admit her to NICU since she was not born there. She was admitted to the pediatric ward where 80% of the patients had pneumonia. There were 45 beds inside that ward and there was a time that two children need to occupy one bed. She was admitted there for 15 days. Imagine a newborn baby, admitted to a pediatric ward.
All I can do that time is watch her cry while nurses and doctors were puncturing either her hands or feet for IV fluids. Sometimes, they miss the vein and they have to try needling her again. It’s heartbreaking but it’s for her own good. After almost one month of struggles with her health, she was able to get through it all. God gave her the amazing strength to conquer everything.
She’s brave enough to face challenges.
