We have a full physical exam on each and every child that enters HCU. They are tested for TB and HIV etc.
Now, the tests that are available for HIV will sometimes give a false positive for babies, any child 15 months and younger. This is because the child carries the mothers antibodies for a time period, now, when we have a baby test HIV+ we have to take them to the main hospital, and the main hospital sends the blood to Entebbe, there is is retested to make sure the baby is actually positive or if it is the mothers antibodies.
Faith Hope has been testing HIV+ We took her to the main hospital immediately after testing her. We have been waiting for 2 months for these results to come back. Emma has gone many times to get the results and had received many answers as to why he could not pick up the results at that time.
One of our workers had called in sick, saying her child was admitted to the hospital for malaria and chicken pox, Emma and I went to the hospital to visit the child, and he pointed out the woman sitting there and said to me, that is the woman that is supposed to be giving us the results for Faith, she was sitting there all alone, and so I went over and introduced myself and asked, could we please have her results?
FAITH HOPE IS HIV NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Praise the Lord! I literally started crying and even Emma, got teary and said, I don't believe it, Oh My, I just cant believe it! We immediately returned home and had a huge family prayer full of thankfulness!
Blessings to all
Rejoicing with you all! Praise God!
ReplyDeleteAshley