Rosita

I arranged for a seperate health check for Rosita. Good and bad news. According to a cardiologist her heart is good, should be no problems for the next operation which might already be end of October. But the X-ray of her lower body shows that there is probably a hip displacement. Poor Rosita!! So now we need to see a trauma specialist to check this out. If the specialist agrees with it then she might need to be in a corset for months. We have also seen a nutrition specialist and she gave many tips on how Rosita can gain weight. She is now 9 months old and weighs 5 kilo 800.

Rosita

Rosita has recovered form the heart surgery. Crying a lot less and gaining weight. Friday we will visit Paz Holandesa for a check. She is sleeping a lot better, but still loosing her hair. That is normal after a high fever or operation. She has to stay in Arequipa till the next operation, which is planned in the beginning of November. Then they will do the first surgery which will close her lip. Her father is now looking for somebody to take care of their house so he can move here and spent more time with his daugther. 

Rosita

Rosita left the hospital October 6th. Hospital did not want to give an appointment to take out her stitches !, so Paz Holandesa will do that today. She is doing a lot better but we have to wait the report from CardioStart to see how succesfull the operation was. According to Christina, the doctors told her she has one more little hole in the heart and maybe that will close itself with time. If not, it means another operation.

It is painfull to see when Rosita eats how much trouble she has keeping the food inside. It is really urgent to close her lip so she can eat better. American doctors before they left told Christina to buy special milk and not Nan. We were able to buy that brand and Christina is very happy because she wants to do exactly as the American doctors tell her. The Peruvian doctors told her she could travel direct to Juliaca but thankfully she listened to us and is now staying with us in Arequipa for some longer. The change of climate is big and would harm the heath of Rosita.

Rosita

Rosita is still in hospital but feeling a lot better. Smiling a lot. Gained weight, but lost a lot of hair.