“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;” – Jeremiah 1:5
Few days ago a woman brought her child to our clinic. Wut Manyuon Deng, seven days old was borne at home with a protrusion of intestines and other abdominal organs through the abdominal wall at the umbilicus partially without skin cover. The protrusion is 12 cm long and 6cm diameter at the end containing the intestines.
Medically this condition is called an omphalocele and it affects 5 out of 20,000 births. The problem is lack of complete development of the fetal abdominal muscles during pregnancy leaving a defect that allows herniation. This is the second case seen at our clinic within this year.
One of the amazing things in this particular case is that even with the culture of so much belief in witchcraft; the mother of this child was among the few who reported not to have gone through a witch doctor before coming to our clinic. She had heard about our clinic a number of times and opted to seek first care with us.
We thank God that they came early enough and the child was not having any life threatening complications. This precious child needs specialized surgical correction of the defect as soon as possible. As we find out where this will be done, Please pray for:
- 1. God’s provision of enough funds-the parents has no money.
- 2. Patience and hope for the family.
- 3. No health complications.
- 4. Wisdom for the doctors involved.
- 5. Successful operation.