Here is the "lady at the door". Her job is difficult because she allows people in or keeps them out. I get hugs/kisses from her 3 times/day. She's like a grandmother.
This adorable baby was a visitor.
This is my little friend, Iyarina and her baby sister. Iyarina spends all day/night at the hospital caring for her sibling while her mother cares for an ailing grandmother. She is 10 years old and has just started school (Taliban prohibited her before this). She is beautiful. The baby got scared of the camera, but was smiling before the picture !
My Afghani Babies - I wrapped the newborn on the left within 15 minutes of arrival. Parents bring in the "clothes", each is then bundled and wrapped with a belt-type cotton item.
THIS IS GREAT. SSG. Michael Ashmore from Gainesville, Florida came by today to help with biomedical engineering/general wiring issues. He agreed to pose with one of RBH babies. THANK YOU to all MILITARY stationed in Kabul. We appreciate your continuous attention.
I love this. Taken just a few hours ago. C-section baby who wanted lots of attention. Notice his name tag written on the back of a cardboard cut into a circle.
My friend, Iyarina and her sister. i love the blue eyes.
The nursery . NOTICE the HRSA bag, Meribeth. I use it every day.
The other half on the "Best Nursery in Afghanistan"! Resuscitation area. CLEAN and NO FLIES.
Preemie baby getting ready to go home. He was a good breast-feeder despite his tiny size (1500 gms.)
The Rabia Balkhia Daycare Center for hospital employees. It is wonderful. This is the infant room. A mom visiting her 10 month old.
Two in an incubator when it gets crowded. Notice the "flannel" wrap on the sleeping one. The other baby has his big feet in the picture !
Dr. Rabia expertly resuscitated this baby while the Head Nurse from Indira Ghandi was visiting last week (she is far right).
Kabul Kids - they live in an area of Kabul that resembles biblical times - homes built into the mountainside, transportation by foot/donkey, no electricity, water by well. Aren't they beautiful ? This was their evening gathering.
New mother and her baby (first born). The baby looks like a doll, perfect in every way. Notice the "Afghani Tea" at her head. This tea is great......all moms are given tea by relatives who make it outside in the courtyard and bring it in.
Leishmaniasis.
The jaundiced twins.
Preemie going home - complete with eyebrows/eyeliner. One of our successful resuscitations.
The same baby going home. This is his aunt. Notice her burqa turned up.
Destruction. This is a typical scene.
Blue-eyed baby: Iyarina's sibling
Baby lying on his mother's burqa
Iyarina and other girls outside Rabia Balkhi. Afghani's are "serious" for their pictures. I invited the boys in the following picture to "smile". Check it out.
My Afghani boyfriends I taught to say "Ookie-dookie"
