Tut Ite

The Yayasan Anak Oasis is not a project just for the kids as you might think when reading my blog.

It is actually a project for village development, which is why we are also concerned about all the trash in the village, the insufficient sewer systems and everything else that influences the living standard in Jagaraga.

A couple of months ago, we were asked for help by some of the kids in the Oasis.

A man, a relative of one of the children, had a very heavy accident and is now from the chest down paralyzed.

For a person that lives in a village like Jagaraga, death would have been a better option.

While in Germany paralyzed people can still live a somewhat normal live, paralyzed people here are pretty much left to die.

The Oasis felt the need to help this person in his misery, especially since his wife was at the same time pregnant with their first child.

This man's name is Tut Ite.

After the accident he spend some time in the hospital, but since nobody took care of him he had soon gotten bedsores on the back. He had an open wound on his lower back the size of a football.

So the hospital decided to send Tut Ite home because the risc of infection in the hospital is too high and he had already started to rot. They sent him back home, where nobody ever does any other cleaning but sweeping, because the doctors said it is cleaner than the hospital. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Tut Ite with his wife infront of their 'house'.

So thats how we found Tut Ite. Rotting in his tiny room, while no one takes care of the wounds or himself. 

You need to understand, that the people in Jagaraga are very poor. They live from one day to the other, and having to feed and take care of a man that needs medical care and diapers and is not able to contribute anything by himself is just a great bother to anyone and better off dead.

The Oasis found sponsors for Tut Ite to pay for his medical care and for a nurse.

Everyday some kids from the Oasis visit him together with a leader from the Oasis to do physiotherapy with him.

This has been going on for a few months now and Tut Ite is a lot better now!

We even had enough donations to buy him a wheelchair and since a couple of weeks he is strong enough to visit the Oasis once or twice a week.

The physiotherapy as instructed by German physiotherapists via e-mail.

His first excursion with the new wheelchair. He was so excited to be able to get out of the room which he hadn't left in months.

And then, as if this man's life wasn't already hard enough, his baby died 10 hours after birth. 

The reason why I really wanted to talk about this subject on my blog is because I have great news from Tut Ite.

He actually starts feeling something in his legs again!!!

It comes really slowly but there is definitely a chance that everything will turn out better for him and his wife!

We were euphoric when we heard the news. Even if he might not be able to walk again, which we really hope he will, the Oasis gave this man his life back. 

This is a wonderful feeling and definitely worth sharing!

Tut Ite gets a lot of visitors now. My parants also dropped by his place when they came to visit me and the Oasis.

 

Tut Ite loves to come to the Oasis and play with the kids. It gives him something to do and is a good way to get out of his room from time to time.