104.3

Yes i havent posted in what seems like forever because i think that i got whatever virus Nerlande (btw-she seems to be all better, still not eating your normal portions, but getting there.) was fighting and so many others seemed to be as well. Friday i was suppose to go the the van dams to watch movies and sleep over with some fellow young missionaries, but thursday is when it started. i just felt light headed and a bit naseaus. friday night was horrible and dorothy was so wonderful to play mom and take care of a bigger child you could say for a few hours. i had a tempature of 104.3, so we had to get that down. i havent had one that high since who knows when. but finally today it all seems to be gone. i am still a little exhausted, but did therapy with poutchino and help out a bit here and there.

what else poutchinos finger has an infection, looks like JJ's when his was real bad, so we have started soaking it, if it doesnt get better soon we might have to do an antibiotic because we cant risk infection getting into his shunt. he also is regressing a bit, that fever and grand mal seziure was a set back. also the riots and healing hands being closed for a week. finally i was sick and not able to work with him for awhile. last time we where at healing hands in the best non verbal way his therapist said he is too weak, needs more calories, balance no good. so PRAY...i'm real nervous he isnt going to walk on his own by the time i leave.

oh Nurse Mary came, as always on mondays, and discovered that Naphtalie may have croup or whooping cough. she sounds absolutely horrible, her breathing, gosh i pray it isnt whooping cough, babies can die from it. she is going on 5 months old and has the sweetest little face. tahnk God for the inverter because we can choose when to have electricity so we gave her a breathing treatment right away and then boiled some water brought her bed upstairs and made a imprevised hummitifier. pray she gets well soon.

regina's mom is officially moved in. dorothy has decided that since regina is not malnourished and her difficulties are life long she with not be keeping regina. dorothy feels that its just too important to take that bonding time away from the mother, when the mother needs to be learning how to take care of her child and work with her legs and so on. therefore she is her and we are taking one day at a time. she is every young and you can tell does not know much about having a child.

SORRY FOR THE LONG UDATE. hope life is grand on your side of the world.

LOVEx3