Yesterday I went to the children's hospital to visit a friend whose baby is in the neonatal ward. This young girl just had a C-section 4 days ago but insists on sitting by her baby's bed all day long so that she can feed her when she awakens. The nurses are nowhere to be found; the mothers do all the care of their tiny premature babies. My friend's baby looked very good & I have high hopes that she will come home soon. The father was an English student and has become a good friend. In the incubator next to my friend's baby, there was a baby born at 7 months. His arms and legs were maybe 3/4" in diameter. He gasped for every breath as his mother sat by his side. I watched her as she expressed her own milk by hand into a little cup, then poured it into a syringe and gave it to her baby through a tiny tube running from his nose down into his stomach. She does this every 2 hours all day long. I have not been able to get this picture out of my mind; the unbelievable sacrifice that a mother is willing to give for her child. There are few things in life so powerful. I recently heard of God's love referred to as a mother's love and that took on a new meaning today as I was reminded of what lengths a mother is willing to go to in order to save her child.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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Oh, your post brought tears to my eyes picturing that mother. And no one, NO ONE is helping her?? That's unbelievable.
Cheryl this was the most beautiful recognition of motherhood I think I've ever read. God Bless that woman, and her child and all mothers and the sacrifices we make for our children.
Powerful!
Thank you for posting this and giving us a glimpse of what other people are dealing with. You have reminded me that there is suffering in this world that I know nothing of.
Please Lord Jesus, may these broken hearted women and fragile babies hear the truth and recieve your gift of eternal life so that for eternity they may dance and laugh in heaven.
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