Lica

Today I had a visit with Lica. She's one of the babies that we are providing with diapers and formula (and baby food also, because we had some donated.)

Lica's story is amazing. She was in Port Au Prince with her mom and dad when the quake happened. Her house fell and all were assumed dead. Her aunt (the mom's sister) was there three days later when they were digging through the rubble trying to recover the bodies. They moved a piece of rubble and there was Lica. Unharmed. Three days.

We first met Lica during the medical clinic that the Crosspointe team did in Pinchinat. She was living there and brought by her aunt. She was a bit dehydrated and tiny, but she was overall healthy.

It was a joy to see her today. She is being well cared for by her family-- her aunt and her grandmother. She's living with the grandmother for most of the time, up in the same village where Patricia is buried.

Today the aunt told me that she (Lica) is starting to get happy again. After her parents were killed she was very down for a few months. It was hard to get her to drink formula after being exclusively breastfed, but she has made the switch. She's not eating a ton, but she doesn't look malnourished. Developmentally she's doing great. At 9 months she's already walking. She's not the smiley-est baby I've ever seen, but heck, I don't think I would be either.

Thank you to all the people who donated formula/diapers. It is helping Lica to stay with her extended family in the absence of her parents.