| L'histoire de Zente |
April 2020
La vie nous a ralentis alors que la pandémie de Covid19 maintient le verrouillage de notre famille. Thanks God, nous allons tous bien. Particulièrement, protéger notre Zente (8,5 Pennsylvanie), nous prenons vraiment au sérieux de rester à la maison et de ne rencontrer personne. Nos fils étudient grâce à l'éducation numérique, leurs professeurs font de leur mieux. Mon mari a dû fermer le restaurant qu'il dirigeait ... cela peut entraîner des difficultés financières. C'est tellement difficile de ne pas voir nos parents non plus. Je prie pour mon père (over 65) qui travaille comme pharmacien dans un hôpital qui est utilisé actuellement pour traiter les patients corona. Il ne peut pas rester à la maison étant le seul pharmacien là-bas. Il y a beaucoup de secrets qui se laissent pourtant dévoiler. À quoi ressemble un pain fait maison, à quel point une excursion à vélo dans notre petite cour peut être excitante, comment la forêt à proximité sent, et comment notre fils aîné, Paul, a réussi à faire boire tout son verre d'eau à Zente - ça n'arrive pas tous les jours, comme le centre est 98% tube-fed. Notre famille est reconnaissante de la sagesse et de l’humanité de notre gouvernement. Nous prions pour la fin la plus rapide possible de la pandémie et la sécurité de toutes nos familles. Ágnes C, Hungary ———————————————————————————————————————– Novembre 2019 Zente a commencé l'école en Septembre et trouve agréable, apprentissage il est amusant pour lui. Il a fait la connaissance Il adore faire du vélo le long de la rive du Danube à Leányfalu, où nous vivons – et ne cesse de nous demander de faire une balade à vélo plusieurs fois par semaine. Zente a développé beaucoup dans la natation aussi. Il peut nager très bien maintenant avec l'aide d'une carte de natation. La musique et le chant sont encore très important pour lui. Il facilement les noms des instruments de musique qu'il peut entendre dans une chanson et peut répéter une chanson de la même façon que joué une seule fois ou deux fois avant. Dernièrement, nous avons été inquiets au sujet de ses taux élevés d'ammoniac qui modifient son comportement calme à une sorte de sauvage ces périodes. Il a été hospitalisé avec hyperammoniémie cet automne pour une journée. Zente la chance d'avoir un frère qui fantastique prend soin de lui, aime jouer avec lui et lui enseigner. Nous nous sentons bénis de les voir ensemble et savoir comment ils sont proches.
——————————————————————————————————————- April 2016 Zente is turning five in June and we give thanks to God that he lives a really happy life these days. He has been fine for a long time now! He goes to kindergarten where we live in Leányfalu, Hungary, and spends there two hours a day. Being a kind, open child, he really enjoys it! He loves people and seems to us that everyone likes him in kindergarten too. Zente loves music, can sing nicely, following the rhythm and tune very well. Playing ball is his favourite. Since a recent dietary change with more natural protein intake and some changes in ratio, he has not been on monthly IVIG – hopefully – any more. His speech has been developing rapidly for the past few months too. He is much stronger as well and can run as fast that we sometimes have to chase him and can hardly catch him! He goes to speech therapy, physical and occupational therapy in kindergarten. We take him to horse-riding and swimming lessons that make him smile all along. Zente was last hospitalized for three days last October and for a two-week-long feeding therapy last December. His friendly, happy attitude to life means a lot for our whole family.
Zente 2013 Our younger son, Zente was born on 30 June 2011. He didn’t show anything strange on his first days of life. He was a beautiful baby, nursing well, so we were let home from hospital with a slight jaundice. His cry was unusual for us though: like the sound that a hawk gives. At home Zente slept more each day and fell asleep after a few minutes’ nursing. When he was six days old we were sent back to hospital with jaundice. One day later we got a call that Zente’s newborn screening showed something wrong and that the test should be repeated. He was diagnosed with PA. His ammonia level was elevated, his blood-sugar level too, so we ended up on the intensive care. He was in acidosis that time. He was on constant feeding tube, infusion. There were days he didn’t even open his eyes. We spent two more weeks in hospital during which Zente gradually started to nurse again, and we were let home in fine condition, with Zente eating by mouth 100% and tolerating mother’s milk so well that he didn’t need any formula at all. This big change was God’s miracle for us as an answer to our and our friends’ prayers. We had three wonderful months back home in great health condition. When Zente was four months old, his ammonia level raised again, so we needed to reduce the mother’s milk amount and started to give formula too. At first, he was willing to drink it from a bottle, but his appetite for the formula gradually disappeared and we needed to start using ng-tube. Due to his high ammonia level we had to go back to hospital, where he started throwing up too and his appetite for mother’s milk started fading. We spent four critical months in hospital. It was difficult to find a proper vein, then getting several central veins some of which turned out not to work. At 5 months of age Zente got a g-tube. He had painful dermatitis due to low total protein value, vomiting constantly, got a serious infection of staphylococcus aureus. He could only be fed through intestinal tube for two months. Thanks God, he survived and his MRI showed no problem in the brain and his heart remained healthy too. Altogether we spent seven months in hospital, needing IV at times when Zente throws up a lot. We are grateful to our doctor, the dietitians and nurses who take great care of Zente. Their work and love for Zente is God’s miracle for us. Zente is an open child, very friendly with people, and who loves his brother. We are lucky to have him in our family. He is a real gift. |
