{"id":4130,"date":"2016-10-29T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2016-10-29T16:34:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T15:34:39","slug":"please-pray-for-this-mama-and-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/10\/29\/please-pray-for-this-mama-and-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Please pray for this mama and baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little Raabi, who once was a tiny toddler with a mega case of TB at our mission hospital, is now a mom. \u00a0We have been friends through thick and thin, and the &#8220;thick&#8221; in her case is more than just about any other Fulani friend that I have. \u00a0She had her baby early, and little Yusufa weighs\u00a0only 3 lbs, 5 weeks after having entered this world. \u00a0There is no such thing as neonatal intensive care here in the bush, and Raabi has\u00a0been unable to nurse, aside from having been very sick with malaria. \u00a0The baby is now gaining weight, slowly but surely, so they were given permission to go home across the river today, knowing that being at home, and not in the hospital, will help Raabi get better. \u00a0She will continue her malaria cure at home, being well past the crisis stage. \u00a0When I dropped them off, she already was sitting up and looking much better. Please pray that she will be able to nurse little Yusufa, and that both of them will be blessed by God.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-R-n-Y1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4132\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-R-n-Y1.jpg\" alt=\"blog-r-n-y\" width=\"289\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-R-n-Y1.jpg 289w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-R-n-Y1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4130&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Raabi, who once was a tiny toddler with a mega case of TB at our mission hospital, is now a mom. \u00a0We have been friends through thick and thin, and the &#8220;thick&#8221; in her case is more than just &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/10\/29\/please-pray-for-this-mama-and-baby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Please pray for this mama and baby - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/10\/29\/please-pray-for-this-mama-and-baby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Please pray for this mama and baby - Danforths&#039; 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