Exclusive Update on Benin Abandoned Baby

Hi guys, here is an update for many of you who have been concerned about the health and well-being of our new baby (unfortunately) abandoned by his mother almost a week ago.

It has not been easy getting him started on a healthy path. After going from one hospital to another, i was finally able through the assistance of sympathetic friends, get him registered in one of the hospitals in Benin where he has commenced his antiretroviral treatment (Nevirapine)


I have been reading comments online, and i still see alot people doubting the possibility of " HIV perinatal transmission", that is HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery. Yes this is very possible, Perinatal HIV transmission is the most common way children are infected with HIV from their mothers.


HIV is hardly transmitted through the placenta from mother to baby. In most case, the transmission takes place during labour, delivery or breastfeeding of the baby.

Infact, if the mother takes good care of herself during pregnancy, the placenta helps provide protection for the developing infant, thereby making the risk of transmitting the virus to her baby very minimal. 

In most hospitals and health care centres, it is highly recommended that HIV-infected women start antiretroviral therapy months or years  before getting pregnant, both for their own health and to reduce the risk of HIV transmission during pregnancy, and they are to continue the ART till they give birth (something we are not so sure the mother of this new baby adhered to) This is partly why i found it very difficult getting a hospital that was willing to attend to him without his mother's medical records. The goal of the early treatment, is to lower the mother's HIV viral load (the concentration of HIV in her blood) as much as possible to prevent infection of the fetus. The lower the mother's viral load during pregnancy and birth, the lower the risk of infecting her baby. A baby's chances of being born with HIV are less than 2 in 100 cases when the mother has a viral load so low that it's undetectable,  reports say.



In addition, the mother should avoid breast-feeding her baby to prevent transmitting the virus through her breast milk. For 4 to 6 weeks after birth, babies born to women with HIV receive an HIV medicine called zidovudine, Nevirapine (brand name: Retrovir, ). The HIV medicine protects the babies from infection with any HIV that passed from mother to child during childbirth.

Now the most difficult part, became not having records of the baby's mother's viral load, (a necessary requirement to commence treatment on the boy), consequently, i was asked to take him home and bring hm back to the hospital after a year and six months, so they can test him and begin treatment. (now that was very scaring, because i remembered the woman at the orphanage telling me she didn't want the child, because the last one that came to them died just two weeks after, (i was wasting my time) chai naija hard no be small.

Else where, according to some online sources i read, HIV testing for babies born to women with HIV is recommended at 14 to 21 days of life, at 1 to 2 months, and again at 4 to 6 months. The HIV test used (called a virologic test) looks directly for HIV in the blood, but in naija, it seems the story is very different (and especially when the child is from a financially challenged background)

"Results on two virologic tests must be negative to be certain that a baby is not infected with HIV. The first negative result must be from a test done when a baby is 1 month or older and the second result from a test done when a baby is 4 months or older. Results on two HIV virologic tests must be positive to know for certain that a baby is infected with HIV.

If testing shows that a baby has HIV, the baby is switched from zidovudine to a combination of HIV medicines. HIV medicines help children infected with HIV live healthier lives.

I personally carried out another test in a friend's lab for the boy, and the result also came out positive. ( Pls guys, again i say, HIV is not a death sentence, if we would all be sincere to ourselves, then we would all agree there are worse diseases than HIV) Being HIV positive doesn't mean its over for this boy (God forbid) the little man would return to the hospital again next Monday, for check up and to see how he is responding to the current treatment and doctors would decide what next. I have been told he will be tested again in 4-6 weeks time to determine his viral load.

So far, the boy is doing great, though he loves to sleep alot. lol.

Though I love the name Rian or Ryan (meaning little "King") for him, would welcome better suggestions from you guys, to enable us open a bank account for him where all funds contributed for his upkeep, medicals and school in the future would be saved. Its very difficult for healthy abandoned babies to get the best of love and care in orphanages, but worse for those with health complications like this one.

I have signed up as his guardian, to help keep and eye on while we continue praying his mother returns to take him home.

A letter has also been submitted to the ministry of women affairs, and we are still waiting for their feedback 4 days after

From time to time, i would be sharing with you guys, updates with photos of how he is faring.

Thanks alot, D'llenzee Omo-ogboi your suggestions came very handy, i would never have known where to start from if not for you, you came across as being very experienced with children's health, thanks also to Kevin Djakpor Blog who assisted me with the initial running around

Amafe Jessica , we are still waiting for your alert as promised, lol Edamwen Frances Ogbonna i dropped my number, but didn't get your call, Dire Sonia Idiagbon i'm yet to be added to the whatsapp group you suggested.

Jack Obinyan-Buhari,YabaLeftOnline.com, LailasBlog.com, Linda Ikeji's Blog, Naija.com, Gossip Mill Nigeria, instablog9ja thanks guys for helping spread the story, would appreciate your assistance in raising a donation for the boy once his account is ready


Cecilia James

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Below is my first post about the baby ( i apologise for not sharing it here until now)


                       

At the hospital with Jessica Amafe for the baby's routine

                        





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  2. the boy is a lucky boy. it was a pleasure helping

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  3. I'm very happy for the progress so far abt this little man. Thank u... U must have researched alot and now talkimg like a Doctor... lol

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    1. yes Allen, we give glory to God, we need to educate the public, i read too many ignorant comments on facebook, which shows that people are not enlighten about these things. HIV is no longer a death sentence, neither is it the worse disease on earth, people only need learn to accept their statuses and manage the responsibility that comes with it.

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    2. Thats very true... We hope this therapy wud make a difference . Amen

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