The failure to thrive infant dies

Saturday morning the nurse at the
center came to the house asking me to
see little Cassimir. She said his
abdomen was growing. Here is a picture
of me rocking him on Friday afternoon.
He was tired but doing pretty well and
keeping down some food. When I arrived
at the center on Sat. am his
respiratory rate was 60. He was
grunting, his nares were flaring and he
was retracting. His abdomen was full
of gas. Sister Anna came in the
vehicle and we drove very fast to the
house of the pediatrician. He rode
with us to the hospital. There were no
films to take Xrays and basically not
much of resources available at the
hospital. He died one hour after he
arrived at the hospital. He was
anemic, neurologically delayed and just
not strong enough to make it in Haiti.
It was a very sad morning.