Princess’ Story
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Grieving Her Baby
When I met Princess she sat on the edge of her bed and sobbed in my arms. She had nothing and no-one, and she grieved her dead baby. I raised the money to pay for her hospital stay, but where was I to send her?
A Pregnant Orphan
Princess is an orphan and was living with her grandfather. She was very unhappy living with him, and she ran away. In the capital city of Monrovia, she found a boyfriend and fell in love.
He promised her the world. When Princess became pregnant the ‘boyfriend’ denied the pregnancy and left her. The short-lived hope Princess had found vanished. Since she had no money, she planned to give birth at home in the community.
She was staying with a friend and when the time came, her labour was long and difficult. After many hours, Princess’ friend could see that she was in trouble and so took her to the hospital. Although they had no money, her friend knew it was a matter of life and death. At the hospital Princes delivered a baby girl by C-section, unfortunately the baby had already died.
Since Princess had no money to pay the $250 hospital bill, she was not allowed to leave the hospital and after a month passed, I was called to see “a patient who couldn’t pay her bill”.
When I met Princess she sat on the edge of her bed and sobbed in my arms. She had nothing and no-one, and she grieved her dead baby. I raised the money to pay for her hospital stay, but where was I to send her? There were no homes for women and certainly no welfare payments for her.
Answer To Prayer
I prayed with her and wished her luck. But my heart broke. That night I couldn’t sleep in my warm comfy bed as I wondered where Princess was spending the night. And the countless other women I had seen at the hospital with nowhere to go. Including women who lived in violent relationships but continually returned there with no other place to go. That’s when I decided someone needed to open a crisis women’s shelter.