Annemarie
is a little girl, 2 years old and full of life! Nothing wrong at first sight
but...as a baby she received a vaccination in a wrong way and because of that
some of her muscles cramped and didn't develop the way it should. While she was
a small baby nothing was really observed but as she is growing up now, the
results of the wrong injection becomes more and more clear... As other children
learned to walk, Annemarie was only able to make some movements with her feet
if she would be holding on to a wall. She never walked or ran normally. She is
also not able to use her right arm. A very sad situation just due to a wrong
way of injecting a vaccination.
Together
with her mother, Annemarie has spend the last 10 days in a rehabilitation
hospital in Chisinau, a place specially for children. The place looks very nice
but the methods used to treat the children who come there are still back in
time. Besides that also corruption is again part of the system. If you don't
give extra money or even a box of chocolate to the doctor, no proper help is
offered and you will be helped last....
Unfortunately
Annemarie's parents don't have a lot of money and so this little girl wont get
the best treatment. Through the massage and treatment she got in the last
weeks, she is now able to hobble around without holding on to a wall but she
has not yet learned to use her right arm. The chance that she will walk again
or use her arm in a normal way is very small because her parents don't have the
finances to bribe the doctors.
This year
Annemarie needs to come at least 5 more times to Chisinau and stay every time
for about 10 days in the hospital.
While
visiting this girl and her mother in the hospital, I realized again how "unfair"
things are and how due to a little mistake, the chances in life can turn out so
different. I pray that God will heal this little girl and make her walk and
run...
Annemarie
is a little girl, 2 years old and full of life! Nothing wrong at first sight
but...as a baby she received a vaccination in a wrong way and because of that
some of her muscles cramped and didn't develop the way it should. While she was
a small baby nothing was really observed but as she is growing up now, the
results of the wrong injection becomes more and more clear... As other children
learned to walk, Annemarie was only able to make some movements with her feet
if she would be holding on to a wall. She never walked or ran normally. She is
also not able to use her right arm. A very sad situation just due to a wrong
way of injecting a vaccination. 
This year
Annemarie needs to come at least 5 more times to Chisinau and stay every time
for about 10 days in the hospital. 
