Regina

Three days ago we received our 20th child, crazy uh?! Her name is Woodjina, but we are going to call her Regina. Her mother is 18yrs old and the baby is 2 months old. She weighs 6lbs and isn’t horribly malnourished, but does have a few signs. Her main problem is her pelvic area and legs. They seem to have some deformities. Dorothy went and got X-rays the other day while I was with the kids at healing hands. So hopefully sooner than later we will know what is exactly going on. She has a sweet smile and is very attentive despite everything. Dorothy is falling in love with her for sure. I think that she will eventually have to get a medical visa to get surgery in the states, or that is what Dorothy is hoping for.

What else another team from Healing Hands came today, so I got to work with the physical therapist on improving my sessions with Poutchino and Frantzo. She also gave some suggestions for working with Regina’s legs until we know what is going on. They were from Canada and very helpful and caring. They brought some stuff for the kids too which is always fun. We are realizing that people send us toothbrushes, but lots of the times its for adults and we cant use those for the kids. We need more child toothbrushes. We change them about every 2 months, which is a good sign the nannies are really brushing their teeth. Sorry that was a side note.

At healing hands this week they had a woman from Canada who works mainly with autistic kids and she evaluated Poutchino. It was great because we have really been wondering about it. She said that she thinks if he does have autism it is a very mild case of it, more than anything chino just has special sensory needs. I cannot think of the exact term that she used, but she gave me some advice on how to help him learn to interact better, know what behaviors are okay, get him to ask for things that he like, etc. it was good.
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What other big things…well Dorothy bought a ticket to the states. She is going to be leaving on the 30th of this month. Looks like I’m taking over J/K!! NO, she is going to the states to get her knee checked out, maybe have surgery, and get some other appointments done that she needs to have in the states. She will be gone for at least 2 weeks. I am a bit nervous, but also excited. PRAY FOR ME LOTS PLEASE. I know it really wont be hard, but you never know what might happen, between getting new babies in, sickness and giving the right meds, Chino having seizures, driving and knowing where I am going…all that I just want to do it well, be prepared and confident, you know. Keep Dorothy in your prayers as she travels and is getting things checked out with doctor and keep me in your prayers, as I will be the boss of the house while she is away.

Okay I think that’s about it for now. Love you all. Miss you. Tasha Rae