I did lay out of work today but this is only the 2nd time I have missed a shift in 4 weeks. I am just not getting enough sleep. When I woke up this morning I could barely hold my eyes open... and my throat hurt and my nose was all stuffed up -- WAH!! I thought since there were still 13 people at the clinic for this shift this would be the best shift to miss. This afternoon there will only be 6 of us still in town (me and the one week-ers). All of the others are going to Transylvania for the weekend. They will be leaving at 2:30 this afternoon (Friday).
So now about Thursday... Thursday was a great day at the clinic -- okay, every day is a great day at the clinic that's just the way it is! There were a few cranky babies (2 year molars we think for Ema, Mihaela, Gabriela, and Marius... all March babies except Ema who is February). Ema had 5 or 6 horrible bug bites on her leg from the night before. By lunch time her knee was swollen and hot to touch.. so medicine put on it.. then after nap time I had them reapply more medicine. I hope it looks better today! She and I both must have sweet skin.. in the last week I have gotten bug bites (mosquitoes I imagine) all over my legs.. in the previous 3 weeks I had *1* bug bite. I think all these people from Minnesota brought their mosquitoes over!! LOL
In the morning when we arrive at the clinic Lea-Celine is usually brace free. Amy D and I took the opportunity to take pictures of her feet. Lea-Celine has had 3 or 4 surgeries for club feet and the last surgery over corrected her left foot so they are trying to fix that now.
You can see where there has been a sore on her poor little foot but it is much better now.. just red and a little chafed. This sweet girl never seems to be bothered by her feet -- she is a real sweetheart, if a little spoiled! :-)
Gabi and the tickle monster... Gabi loves being outside and being tickled
Apparently she also likes to chew on my camera cord
Andreea still lying in her Cleopatra pose. She will crawl when she thinks no one is watching. I am trying my best to get it on video.
Petre... yes, I moved him out of the sun right after I took this shot! :-)
Ema -- see I do share! :-) Mostly just so I can get pictures of her from a different angle though!! LOL
Amy from Utah (otherwise known as Stretch Amy -- she is really tall!) holding Ema.
Ema and her swing
Becca put the twins together to swing double... they would NEVER look the same direction at the same time LOL I keep insisting these kids can never be models or actors -- they don;t follow directions! :-) First Gabi would look (above) Then Mihaela would look (below)
This is the closest I came to both of them looking LOL
Gabi's close up
Mihaela's close up
Apparently Gabi and Mihaela's dad does come to visit. He and their mom are still married. Dad insists they want the girls back and Mom insists they don't... how bizarre. :-(
Alex and Andreea.. Alex has a blog about the babies also:
www.axm9237.blogspot.com
3 month old Petre dressed in pink, 5 month old Daniela dressed in blue... go figure
Stretch holding baby Maria
Becca grabbed my camera and took this shot for me... I am holding Ema and raising her left hand above her head in triumph and she smiles and giggles. None of the pictures captured the giggle but I loved this one because she is holding my thumb.
After yogurt time, Mama dog found her way into the playground (ok, ok someone left the gate open).. it was so sweet and a little sad.. she is starving to death and just wanted some of the yogurt. Becca tried to shoo her out and every time Becca would get close to her she would just lie down. Finally she lured her out and let her have a little left over yogurt.
We had another new lunch today.. some kind of hotdog sausage with beans... not quite beanie-weenies but similar. :-) The sausage was delicious but the beans were very.. i dunno.. textured :-) I was able to take several of the sausages back to the clinic for Mama Dog (aren't you proud of me Jane?!)
Shirley (a one week-er who came with her daughter and granddaughter) is working with Andre and Ion. It worked out well that she picked those boys because they have both been on treatment (for what no one knows) and haven't been allowed to go outside. I can't remember if I mentioned this in a previous blog so I will tell you again... Mihaela told us earlier in the week that Ion's surgery for his heart wasn't entirely successful. He still breathes heavily and it is related to his heart. One day soon he will go back to the county where he had his heart surgery for a follow up with the surgeon. This is the county where old Maria had her heart surgery. I asked Mihaela for more info on Maria again. She said that Dr. Delia had told her that the surgery went well, then Maria was transferred to the Children's Hospital in Barlad to recover.. then she may have went home or to a foster home. She was going to ask Dr. Delia again for more info. Since Dr. Delia's father just died I'm going to wait to ask again.
Dan and Mihaela's daughter Delia came to dinner with us. She is so lovely and always dressed beautifully! :-) She agreed to have her picture taken then became shy when everyone at the table turned to watch! LOL
As we were standing on the sidewalk waiting for out bus to arrive Nicole noticed this man (wow, just now looking at the shot I'm not sure if it is a man or a woman, interesting) in an apartment across the street. Becca and I did our pretend posing and got shots of him... another of my favorite shots from Romania!
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