A Little Girl With Diarrhea

Bawassa is a pretty, 2-year-old girl from my village. She started having diarrhea at night time and her mother brought her to see me the next morning. It was good that her parents knew to take immediate action when their daughter was sick. Too often, parents wait to seek care, and their children get worse. When they come to me early, I can help prevent the child from suffering too much, and sometimes I even prevent them from dying. Bawasa did not look good when she came to me. Her eyes were sunken from dehydration. I gave her oral re hydration solution and 10 zinc tablets. By the evening, her diarrhea had stopped, and within a few days she was totally cured.