Tuesday, April 13, 2010


Obre is a baby who has a bilateral cleft lip and palate. He was referred to the Infant Program by a pastor from Benin. When he arrived he was 4 months old and weighed 2.81kg (6.2lbs). He did not register on any of the growth charts. He had a tube down his nose, put in by a local hospital to feed him. He was tiny for his age but alert with a lusty cry.
April 13,2010 Obre is still with us on the Ward now weighs 2.9kg (6.38lbs).
Often mothers become outcasts and are blamed for their babies being born with cleft lips and palates. Obre's mother and father are Christians. We met Obre father for the first time and heard his testimony of he too was born with a cleft lip.

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