Tag Archives: premature

Floor Time!

At first glance, these photos of Jacob and Levi enjoying “floor time” don’t seem to be that unusual. Don’t all babies love floor time? However, floor time is not always practical or safe in an orphanage environment, so it is a complete joy to see these boys and others from Heartbridge scooting around the floor amidst a jumble of toys.
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Baby Barbara

Baby Barbara

Many of you might remember baby Barbara, the tiny premature baby that was brought to the orphanage weighing just a little over 1 kg.
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Ethan’s Emergency Medical Fund

Ethan’s Emergency Medical Fund was recently established in honor of a newborn baby with urgent medical needs who was abandoned — baby Ethan.
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Put Up Your Dukes!

Gina here shows off her fighting spirit in a photo sent to us recently by our staff at Heartbridge. Gina is a darling little girl who was born prematurely in late January, and was hospitalized because she was too tiny and weak to even suck from a bottle. She weighed only one kilogram, which is [...]

Imagination vs. Reality!!

Close your eyes and imagine with me a teeny, tiny baby…. a little preemie who came too early. Imagine how the clothing drowns that tiny little body and how long it takes for that tiny mouth to take a feeding.