On Wednesday we had just returned from Malindi hospital with Stephen when we received a call from Nancy the Children's Officer to say there was a one day old baby in the hospital that had been abandoned and asked if we could bring the baby home. We immediately set off on the 50 mile round trip. The Mum had given birth and within hours had disappeared from the hospital, leaving the new baby behind. He did not even have a name, as he was coming to the Happy House I was asked to name him. I have called him Brian, after my very close and lovely friend Brian Thorpe who died a few years ago.
