The new year coming holds an added change as my passport expires for the second time while in Thailand. This meant I could only get 5 months for my visa this year, sadly for the same price as a year would be. The process of renewing the passport was straightforward, but meant an early…
Miss K’s surgery and hip spica cast was back in September and October. For one leg it’s made a massive difference as well as making her spine better. The other leg though is not working as well as hoped, because her muscle memory is still telling that leg to turn in. I can do her stretching…
Today I got to branch out a little and had a chance to have an impact wider than the orphanages. I was contacted by friends from church who work in a Thai English private school and they asked if I would be willing to talk to the teachers about the disability situation in Thailand and…
Since Miss K has been out of her cast, she has been rather weak and emotionally sensitive. I was told it was important that the legs stay in good lines, so when out with me on the patio she goes in equipment and positions to keep her in a nice turned out posture for her…
Mr S struggles at his new home but does not go to his eternal home. On Monday I got news that Mr S had been sick and on Sunday evening was found by staff, supposedly not with any heart beat and had to be given compressions and oxygen. I was told over the phone…
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…
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…