Breakfast - Once again they ran out of milk so no cereal for me! :-( Breakfast is included in the price of the room now at Occident Hotel. There are 4 breakfast options... 1. cold breakfast (salami, cheese, roll, jam, butter) 2. Omelette (ham and cheese omelette, roll) 3. eggs (fried eggs, ham, roll) or 4. cereal (cereal, milk, fruit).. but they rarely have milk!!!! Wahhh... Oh well, I havebeen having the #2 breakfast meal.. good protein :-)
After breakfast Jennea (juh-nay-uh) read the journal and Krista gave a beautiful message of the day regarding a hummingbird and an elephant (note to self -- must remember to google this story!!) Emily, Katie, Krista, and I walked over to the Plus store (which is a small grocery right next door) which has now changed to a Lidl store. I bought bananas and yogurt in hopes of getting Gabi to eat today! Then it was time to hit the taxis...
Our taxi driver brought us safely to the hospital although he treated the roadways as his own personal obstacle course!!
We arrived in time to help with the breakfast bottles. Gabi refused to eat for me and also refused when Dan tried. The nurses said she ate her bottle at 6am... hmm?! Emily fed baby Ionella her bottle. Shortly after the feeding time an extremely well dressed lady came onto the floor and looked into the rooms. Moments later a nurse swept in and took baby Ionella. Dan discovered that she was being taken to a placement center and then being sent on to a state hospital (?). Apparently the abandonment story was quite publicized by the media and the government and CPS are trying to make sure all their bases are covered. (Dan explained a little more about this at dinner. The mother is originally from the county of Vaslui (where we are now) but had been living in Brasov. The father is in Brasov. Apparently they are taking Ionella (and the mother) back to Brasov to a hospital there... I dunno.. so confusing!!!) The main point is she is no longer at the hospital and we miss her already! Continue to pray for this baby's future!
Before everyone went outside Dan sent me into the empty playroom with yogurt to feed Gabriela. She ate about 1/5 of the container but grimaced with each bite. Krista and I both agree that she looks like eating hurts her in some way. She will open her mouth for a bite and then begin to cry as soon as the food is inside her mouth :-(
Gabi and Mihi are both running fevers. Gabi maybe has a sore throat. Mihi is *very* congested. Mihaela has an IV.. Gabi doesn't yet... However, neither girl was allowed to go outside today. So Emily and I stayed inside with them. We put on the Glee cd that someone left behind and danced and sang. It was fabulous! As soon as "Don't Stop Believing" started playing Gabi started bopping around in her chair. We had to coax Mihi into dancing but she finally got into the dancing spirit.
Paula stayed inside with us as well and played along at times.
Around noon Coca came in for a visit. She read a book with Mihaela. Mihi did a great job of parroting Coca saying the numbers from 1 - 10. Then Coca told Mihi to show Gabriela the book and she did. It was precious! Mihi also gave Gabi "poops" (kisses) on the cheek several times today when prompted.
The others came back inside from a hot playtime and we all started getting ready for the kiddos' lunch. The babies had soup bottles much like at Tutova.. but it is so different from Tutova at the same time. The routine seems more flexible (sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes not so good). Gabi refused her soup for me. Coca was feeding Ana and watching me. I then tried putting Gabi in her crib because this is how they eat so often that maybe she just didn't want to be held while she ate.. nope, still pitched a kicking and screaming fit. When Coca finished with Ana-Maria she came over and told Gabi to eat.. LOL I told her she had the magic touch.. Gabi took her soup bottle and drank! But only a few sips :-( The nurse brought in real soup in bowls with bread for the older kids including Mihaela. Mihi was out with a nurse so Coca started feeding the soup broth to Gabi.. she tolerated it much better.. and ate several spoonfuls.
We also learned today that Alex and Sebastian will be going to a foster home this week. Mina-Tonya, Emilian, and Deon-Geogiana (who are all siblings) will also be going to foster homes this week. AND Denisa and her brother George will be going back home with their mother. Apparently they are at the hospital because the younger sibling is sick.. they were not taken by CPS from the family. The mom and younger sibling are on the same floor of the hospital and the 2 older kids just come hang out with the Tutova gang.
I have also neglected to mention that we have a Romanian high school student who is volunteering with the babies this week also. I believe her name is Floriana or something similar to that.. she is quite shy and doesn't think her English is very good BUT she was able to tell us today that she wants to be a surgeon when she finishes college! She is great with the kids too!
Noapte buna friends.. will post more pictures tomorrow!
3 comments:
Terri: Thanks for the updates and pictures. It makes me even more excited about my scheduled return in mid-September. I also appreciated your posting from 6/8.
Looking forward to reading your blog. Steve
Ionella is such a cutie! Good to see Sami again too... Thanks for the updates and pictures. Remember to find out about my Daniela please.
Thanks so much for all of the updates, especially on Gaby. Hopefully they are figuring out what may be going on with her. I also wonder if something happened with eating when she was at home? Regardless her eating from a spoon is progress. I recall Plus and Interex used to have baby food. If you think that would help any of the children go ahead and buy some and I will reimburse you. Poops to the children from me.
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