Yesterday afternoon I had just walked back from the orphanage with Massimo when a teacher from the bilingual school came up to me and told me about a medical brigade who were here in town until the next day. They had visited the kids about 4 years ago, and were interested in visiting them again.
We went back to the kids home and they went over all the kids to check for their general health condition and prescribed medicine to those who needed it. Some of the younger kids were afraid they were going to get injections. One of the younger girls clung to me like a leech crying her eyes out whenever a doctor came near.
The kids were generally in pretty good health, but i had noticed a small bald patch on the back of Brayans head that same day, and thought it might have been ringworm, and i was going to bring him to the doctor today (turned out it wasn’t ringworm and wasn’t worth worrying about).
It was amazing to have the medical team come and see the kids. I am very grateful.
Its been overcast and drizzly the last few days and quite cool (low to mid twenties). The road up to the orphanage is just dirt so at the moment is all mud – its very steep and slippery! So we have been stuck playing inside rather than up on the hill.
American Airlines says my bag arrived in the country yesterday afternoon so should be here today. I ran out of fresh undies yesterday (the rest are in my other bag)…