On the way to the hospital, Miss K was apprehensive and not raising many smiles, but ok when she got there and was waiting. The x-ray of her hips was good and she was able have the plaster cast removed. I took the ear defenders with me and they did the trick in helping…
In the previous blog post, I spoke about the three girls, who were giving me many extra medical tasks and appointments to see doctors. It seemed that the boys were just hoping to get more of my attention. Well the day after writing that, I come back from Miss K’s hip cast appointment in…
It seems that all the doctors’ appointments are for the girls of the group at present. With Miss K back on the normal ward with the rest, even though she has still got her cast, you’d think we would have less visits to the sick ward now. Alas, Miss N’s face is still an issue…
Miss K is still on the sick ward due to wearing the cast. I was just getting into a routine of collecting her in the stroller and doing a morning or afternoon session and then back to the ward for bed or while I had lunch, when I got the news… Some children on…
Miss ND has a wheelchair, which I was able to buy from opposite the hospital when I was visiting Miss K and bring back to Pakkred in a taxi. This has made her much more independent at school and she is doing so well that school have said that Mum no longer needs to…
Back in December, Mr C and Miss N both had the chance to go alone with me to concerts in the local international school. Yesterday it was Mr G’s turn. The one-to-one attention and feeling special is something the children all crave, but is hard to give them. Picked up from the orphanage by…
It’s that time again when we get together loads of paperwork and copies of my work permit and passport and send them to different offices to renew my visa for another year. The final date to complete everything is the 18th of November. Last year it was that day when we finally got all the…
Just before the holiday, the doctor who visits the orphanage changed Miss N’s meds to try to help reduce her spasticity and these have helped a bit. The difficulty is that, when she is given the medication, it is often not swallowed, but trickles back out of her mouth as she is lying down. In…
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