Help Children in Vietnam To Have Good Health!

My Story: 

“Let me tell you my story.

It all started late one night.    Our little girl got sick too.  She was sweaty.  She was breathing through her mouth and was very limp.  I was so scared!  I woke up my husband, ran across the rice field and asked my sleeping neighbor to please come and stay with our other children.  It was not unusual for children to have fevers.  Many little homes hidden among the rice fields experienced this on a routine basis.  

Somehow my husband took us onto the little scooter, and we drove down the little path to the house of the nurse who lived in our village.   It was just past midnight, and we had to wake him up and explain our fears.   He was gracious and took a great amount of time asking about the fever, when she got sick, and many other questions.  At last, he was able to lower her fever, and she began to be more responsive.   With some special medication and instructions on how to monitor her condition, my daughter fell fast asleep.  Her temperature was better, and her cheeks were not as flushed.   He gave us instructions on how to monitor her in the next 24 hours, and suggested we take her home.  And as we wound our way home on the scooter, I held her tight, and an overwhelming gratefulness filled my heart. 

You see the nurse was new to our village, and I did not know if I could trust him.  However, he had been sent to us just weeks before, because so many of our children had been so ill.  He was now making friends and told us that he had taken special classes that helped nurses and doctors determine what the cause was and how to treat our little ones without having to take them to the hospital that was far away.  

The anxiety and sleepless nights that once hovered over the villages is now gone.  Now there is a new confidence for the parents.  The village doctors and nurses have started asking many questions when little ones like  our daughter are very very sick. 

Since then, several moms have mentioned that other children who had been frequently sick seemed to be feeling better!    There is a new hope and a new beginning for children and parents in our quite little village community.   The nurse who treated my little girl, and also the doctor often come around to our village homes.  They look at the latrine, check the cooking area, and help us learn how to safely use mosquito nets to keep the ever-thirsty mosquitoes from biting us in the night.

Many of the moms noticed the kids seemed to be healthier and stronger in our village.  Children laugh, mothers worry less, and the whole community is very grateful for the new nurses and doctors who come”.  “Thank you for listening to My Story”