Butterfly Children's Hospices

 China's first community palliative care service

 Butterfly Homes provide specialist children’s palliative care services for abandoned children and a community care service to families, aiming to support them and therefore avoid the pressure to abandon their sick baby/child.
A total of 42 very sick and dying children have received loving care in the Butterfly Home, 24 received end of life care, many of the rest have recovered; 2 have already gone to long term care homes, and 2 have been adopted; five have had life changing surgery. Of the 13 still in our care, 4 are waiting for adoption, 3 are waiting for long term care in other homes, 4 are enjoying loving end of life care and the other 2? Well, we wait and see!

CCTV Interview  http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120119/124004.shtml

Our hearts are broken.

 

At 2.00 am this morning, little Emmanuel gave up his fight and left this world. He tried so hard to overcome, and his doctors tried so hard to help him stay. But in the end, his complications overwhelmed him and his little body was weary of the battle.

We feel shattered by this outcome. Our hopes for Emmanuel were high, and it’s hard to understand why we will not be holding out our arms to welcome him back, pink and healthy, the way we pictured him. It’s not easy, this work, and it no amount of preparation seems to make it any easier.

Please keep Emmanuel’s ayi in your thoughts – she is grieving, shocked and far from home. Also, his surgeons, who are deeply upset. They deal with life and death situations all the time, but their emotions are still real, and they still care very much. We are thankful for this, and thankful for the way they fought for Emmanuel.

At Butterfly Home, we will remember Emmanuel as a handsome, precious little boy. We are glad he had some fun in this place, glad that he was loved and glad that we smiled with him. And we are glad too, that we gave him the chance at healing, even though the result was not as we hoped. Without surgery, his life expectancy was very short, and survival was impossible. Emmanuel was worth more than that – he was worthy of a chance.

We are still facing huge medical bills, and these will need to be paid quickly. If you are able to help us with this, we would be so thankful. Even though this story is not one of miraculous healing, we still think it is an important story to tell. Emmanuel’s life stands as a testimony to the importance of every child. Just a tiny orphaned boy with a faulty heart, yet people around the world stood up to give him every chance. He was not discarded – he was loved and he was fought for. His life mattered. We need to hold on to this, and work towards a future where every little life matters, and every child gets the chance they deserve.

If you can to donate – thank you for meeting his very urgent needs. We have made a promise to Emmanuel to give him every chance, and your support helps us to stand by him. Emmanuel needs our help urgently.

 

 

2 New arrivals   

we have said hi to Mark       We have sent him for a MRI Scan

& Amy       This little girl is also waiting for a scan and ultra sound, we are happy they now live in the Butterfly Home.

We will also say goodbye to Paul, He arrived the day after his birth needing surgey, thanks to you he is now ready to have a life. He has been with us over a year, he has a new family and we are happy to see this but also will miss him. 

 

Great News from Hunan, Lyn was asked to open the Butterfly House in the new Botanical Gardens in Changsha. Also a donation from every ticket sold will be made to the Butterfly Hospice!

 

Good news –We are looking to open more cots, and help more babies, if you would like to  be part of the team.......Please send an email to fiona.mcneil@bigpond.com  sponsors receive updates about their cot every two months.

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Houseparent(s) wanted for Qingting Jia Foster Home
                                         

 

 

 

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Acts 20:35 says:

“There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.”

 

 

 

 

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Kind regards,
                              Love from the babies xxxx