Posted on 04/12/2018 11:39:35 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
It was a seemingly normal day as Charmaine Keevy walked her dog Georgie in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on April 3.
The 63-year-old and her Dachshund mix usually take a different route, but for some reason, Keevy decided to walk elsewhere and their journey took them past a storm drain.
All of a sudden, Georgie started barking as they walked by the drain. “I first thought it was a cat because he is scared of cats, but then when I heard the cries again, I realized it was a baby,” Keevy said.
She quickly flagged down Cornie Viljoen’s car on Sedan Avenue and he used a steel bar to lift the concrete covering from the drain.
The newborn down below was naked and still had the umbilical cord attached and a coating of vernix around her body.
Viljoen climbed into the 6-feet deep hole and started moving towards the baby when he encountered an army of red ants higher up in the drain that began to sting his legs. The newborn was lucky the ants were not near where she was.
“I didn’t know if the baby was injured so I tried to pick her up very carefully and very slowly and she was so small,” Viljoen told The Daily Mail. “I just wanted to hold her for a while but I knew that she needed urgent medical help.”
(Excerpt) Read more at liftable.com ...
Also found the following version of the story in my attempt to verify the truth of the article:
Sausage dog helps find abandoned baby 6ft underground in storm drain
There are more details and photos at this 2nd link. I was cautious about posting the UK paper's article because of possible copyright issues. Jimmy Nsubuga at the Metro Company in UK, wrote the 2nd article.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Evidently someone made a very late “pro-choice” decision.
Name the child Charley...
Praise the Lord!
....it’s better than Geogie..*smiles*
Yes, indeed. Praise God.
Oh dear God. I knew I would regret looking at photos.
Looking at the photo of where they found the baby, I suspect it was put in the storm drain and washed to this point. That would explain the hypothermia and respiratory problems.
A miracle indeed.
She was named Grace April by the hospital staff.
The good part is the ending, the child will recover and is not dead.
Yes, Some photo’s etch themselves on your mind. A lasting impression.
Hooray for the rescued baby! These two people chose to get involved. Hopefully, a hot soapy shower will take care of the man’s Red Ant problem. The clothing will need to be burned.
More Drop Boxes are becoming available in this country for new mothers who do not want their children.
I love dogs.
I love dogs too.
Grew up with hunting dogs and farm dogs for security. We had cats too, but not since I married (47 years ago), my wife is allergic to cats.
It would be best if it were know that a person could leave the infant at a hospital or other point that is always occupied.
But people who do this type of thing, are very desperate or very uneducated.
Surely GOD’s hand was in this. Not only for the child, but hopefully for some loving childless couple.
I do not envy them when the time comes to tell her that her that her birth mother care so little that she was treated like sewage.
Also that little dog deserve a great big steak!
For now, she has been named “April Grace”, which seems to be fitting.
Sorry, it is Grace April. My bad.
Praise Him, indeed. That sweet baby angel lives, by His grace.
...either is prettier than George
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