Update on Ingrid Mishel and wonderful news for Elisabet

Little 5yr old Ingrid Mishel from Aqua Escondida is not doing well.
She has AIDS and we are giving her all the treatment that we can to help with the other complications. Her father, Nehemias has been by her bedside for nearly two months now. Her mother died a year and 3 months ago. The family did not know what caused the Mother’s death.
Ingrid has been ill since she was born with various problems but the family could not afford medical treatment.

Mayan Families has been providing medical care for Ingrid. We have also been providing support to the father so that he could continue to be by her bedside.

The father has now been tested and he is HIV positive. He is in very good health at present. He unfortuantely does not want to receive treatment so far. We are trying to get the other two children tested, there is a 7yr old and a 2yr old at home. We are most concerned that they start anti viral drugs as soon as possible if they need it.

Ingrid’s father wants to return to work. He needs to be able to support his two other children.

We are talking to a foundation that helps children that are HIV positive and with AIDS and we are hopeful that we will find a hospice that will be able to take Ingrid and give her the care that she needs.

On a very bright note – another family, little Elisabet was born to a HIV positive mother and originally she tested positive as well . We brought her back to the clinic to be re-tested, she is now 3 1/2 yrs
old and it was a wonderful relief when the results came back negative. We were fortunate that Elisabet’s mother was diagnosed HIV positive before she gave birth, Elisabet was born cesarian and both she and the mother were given anti viral meds. Apparently, babies can often test positive with the mother’s antibodies but if they are re-tested when older, when the mothers antibodies have left their system, then the results can be negative. This was the very happy situation with little Elisabet.

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