Rosita is back home

After  a long stay Rosita and her mum Christina have returned to Juliaca. Rosita weighed already 7 kilos and was growing fast. On the 30th of this month she will return for a visist to Paz Holandesa to see if everything is fine. We keep in regular touch and are providing milk and vitamins to Rosita in Juliaca. She will need this untill she is 2 years old. The story of Rosita was written about in the newspaper Diario El Pueblo of the 12th of November. She had a picture of the front page and half a page on page 4. http://www.pazholandesa.com/?p=1338

Rosita

Rosita is finished with the first operation. Stitches were taken out today and everything is fine. No appointment until 30th of November. She needs special food and attention but for the rest she is fine. Her mother wants to return to Juliaca for 3 weeks and return for the 30th. No clue how she is going to find work while caring for her daughter. She was thinking of going back to the mine and I have told her in no uncertain words that working at La Rinconada would probably kill Rosita. We are talking about going to stay at 5400meters in one of the most coldest and polluted areas of the world. Hopefully she will listen.
Rosita will probably have her next operation when she is between 2 and 3 years. Then they will close the palate.

Rosita out of hospital

Rosita had only to stay in hospital for a couple of days. She is back with us for another month. On Friday they will take the stitches out.