So today I had to leave early from the orphanage. Our apartment needed some plumbing work and Mario asked me to head home to make sure everything went ok. There is a new worker in my room that I have not met yet. Her name is Maria and she is very intimidating. Good news though is she will definitely help with my romanian skills. The hospital was great again. We brought a flower for Cristi's mom, the one who we met yesterday. She was so happy and asked us to stay and play with her son while she went to the store. One thing about Romanians is once you break their shell, they are incredibly thoughtful people. She brought Megan and I some fruit from the store!
They had rearranged the patients.. so in our old room there were 2 new girls. Danut had been moved to a different room and Stefan (the boy with hydrocephalus) was no longer there. Both of the girls were 13.. one was named Bianca and I forgot the other girls name but she looked like she was 25. The other girl was from Portugal and had broken her ankle in a car accident. I was able to use my Spanish skills. It got a little complicated though when the others would speak in romanian for her to translate to me in spanish for me to translate to english for Megan. It was definitely a work out for my brain!
Bianca was a gorgeous girl who spoke a little english. She was there with her mom, and unlike the other patients she actually had a cast on her broken leg. She, similar to Danut, was very shy at first but opened up once I gave her a necklace and kitten coloring book. I painted her nails hot pink and she loved it! I just wish I could have spoken to her.. I could only smile and nod and shrug my shoulders. I really hope she is there tomorrow but she was saying she might not be depending on her leg.
It was Dana's birthday today and it was so fun! She was 6! We gave her a necklace.. some stickers.. and a thing of bubbles! We were blowing bubbles in the hospital room but there were so many people that the bubbles were popping unwantingly on other patients' beds. We moved the party out into the hall and was so surprised that the nurses didnt mind the sound or the mess that the bubbles made all over the floor. I think that the nurses on this floor really like what we do. I mean even if we didnt play with the kids we change the abandoned kids diapers which is a relief for anyone. We spent the rest of the day playing with the boys and Dana.. the notorious balloons were a huge hit as always. As was the ipod! All in all another good successful day.
Here are some pictures.. Danut is the blonde boy.. so cute!
It is so sad though.. yesterday the baby did not even have a diaper. When Megan was changing a baby named Julian... she noticed he did not even have a diaper.. it was a bundle of dirty rags and a garbage bag wrapped around his body. It was heart breaking. The picture below is megan and Julian. Oh! I got to skype with Chantal today. I love skyping with her although it makes it really difficult sometimes cause it just makes me miss her more but the hour of down time and feeling like I am almost home is such a nice indulgence and power up! Anyways we just finished watching father of the bride on Jessi's laptop. It's pretty late here and I am off to hit the hay. We are pretty sure that we have bed bugs again because Megan and I have been waking up to lots of little bites all over our bodies. My head itches like crazy so I am just hoping its bed bugs and not fleas! Doesnt help that we work with orphans and sick children all day... but hey. It is all worth it. You just have to pretend they are mosquito bites! Well I am out.. catch you on the flip side!
la revedere
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