Pediatric Patients

This past week I have been on the pediatrics team. The children are precious! I have helped care for some patients this week with very severe malnutrition, peumonia, TB meningitis, tetanus, congestive heart failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, broken limbs, burns, low birth weight, prematurity, etc. The peds team is a very busy team! In the mornings we cared for children in the wards and in the afternoons we worked in the NICU. I want to share pictures of some of the kids I have seen this week.

This little girl had pneumonia and is feeling much better after receiving antibiotics, oxygen, and breathing treatments. Her mother dressed her in her cute outfit awaiting their discharge.

This little girl greets me in the mornings with a big smile. She likes to sit outside in her wheelchair greeting people, as they enter the hospital area.

This little boy came to Tenwek several weeks ago with severe protein energy malnutrition. His abdomen and legs have been very swollen due to his illness. His legs are now back to normal, and his abdomen is slowly coming down. He is eating well and slowly gaining weight. He is such a precious little guy.

This is a picture of one of the NICU babies that was born at a very low birthweight due to prematurity. It is incredible that many of these babies live now with the care that they receive at Tenwek.

This teenage girl is recovering well from a burn that she endured. She was beaming during rounds yesterday; it was so encouraging to see her doing so well.