Baby Grace, found abandoned last year, has begun crawling and laughing after successful grommet surgery for hearing issues.
Baby Grace, who was found abandoned in rubble on a building site last year, has laughed for the first time and is starting to crawl after having grommets to help resolve her hearing difficulties.
Baby Grace remained in the hospital for over a week for tests, during which time the doctors and nurses grew extremely fond of her.On the day she was discharged into Murphy’s care through Child Welfare Groenkloof, everyone involved in her care came to bid her farewell. With the support of the community, health care practitioners and the hospital pharmacy, Grace was able to have the specialised medication she needed to overcome the illness.Amanda Bester, a diagnostic audiologist who was part of the multidisciplinary team caring for Grace, said repeated attempts to test the baby’s hearing were unsuccessful as Grace had recurring middle-ear infections.
The Netcare Foundation, which works closely with the nongovernmental organisation Hi Hopes under the stewardship of Prof Claudine Storbeck, is acutely aware of the importance of ensuring early hearing and its effect on speech and neurodevelopment and so supporting theNetcare has a state-of-the-art programme in which all babies born in its facilities are afforded the opportunity to have their hearing tested.
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