Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
From CMMB: Sadly, there was no incubator . . .
Sarah placed her wedding band on this premature baby's hand to show just how small she was.
“I
stroked her cheek and whispered, I’m sorry we couldn’t do more, little
one. I placed her little body on her mother’s chest, so they could say
their goodbyes to each other.” —Sarah Rubino, CMMB volunteer
Today, I share a story from Sarah Rubino, our volunteer nurse and midwife serving in South Sudan.
A
few weeks ago, as she was working at the hospital, a mother arrived in
early labor, only 28 weeks into her pregnancy. After the baby was
delivered, tiny and fragile, she was in urgent need of an incubator.
Tragically, like many hospitals in low-resource countries, there was no incubator.
Hypothermia is the leading cause of neonatal deaths worldwide, merely because lifesaving incubators are not available.
Sarah comforts a premature baby.
Sarah did all
that she could to help the baby stay warm, but it was not enough. She
wrapped the baby in a plastic sheet and a blanket to help prevent the
baby from getting too cold. Then she waited. There was nothing else she
could do. A few hours later, the baby died.
Without life-saving equipment, like incubators, precious lives like this one will continue to be lost. We need your help so that we can save the lives of babies who are born prematurely.
