Day #11 (lots of parents!)

Today was a very eventful day at the clinic. The sick kids were isolated again, but were allowed to use the preschool room together in the morning. Mid-morning Mario's parents showed up (we think without warning) to take him. They seemed very nice and you could tell that they would not be leaving without their son. We then found out that they were taking him to a specialist in Bucharest (he came from a children's hospital in Iasi) for a second opinion on his intestinal issues and to make sure he did not have any internal bleeding. I am guessing he won't be coming back after, but I'm not sure. While Mario's parents were still there, I looked out the window and saw Paula's mom and grandma walking up the path! I knew it wouldn't go too well with all the chaos in the entry-way. They woke Paula up for the visit, and she immediately started screaming, so they were with her less then five minutes. She was put back to bed when she was screaming, and the family was left standing in the lobby. We felt bad because they had traveled pretty far for the visit, but that's just how Paula is, so they're probably used to it. Then later in the day baby/big Andreea's (the one that came last winter) family arrived for a quick visist. The mom and dad were both very young (I had thought she had an older dad), and they also had a friend with them. It looked like they were traveling somewhere, and just decided to stop for a quick visit on the way; also probably less than five minutes. We were all tired after the excitement of the day, but went into Barlad later for shopping and dinner.