The big news from yesterday was the arrival of another new baby. The clinic is over the number they normally take, there are now 22 kids, but they accepted "little Alina" anyway. She and her mom showed up by ambulance, and after a little debate over the capacity issue, they kept Alina and sent the mom home (it seemed that she came from Barlad hospital). She is a very cute little six month old (looks younger) who has malnutrition, rickets, bronchitis, and dyspepsia. She has been pretty sad since she arrived, and clenches her jaw anytime you try to feed her (we think she might have been breast-fed before). She does seem to like the jungle swing though! The isolation room is now completely full, and I'm not sure anyone is close to moving to a normal bedroom.
The kids were doing well today. We were able to spring all the runny-nose kids (Cristi, Alina, Ion, Andrei) from their isolation bedroom, so they had a fun day playing. Both Daniella and Ionutz had fevers today, but did not appear to have any sort of virus (teething probably for Daniella, and an infection for Ionutz). Like usual we spent time moving between rooms/kids, though the babies were fussy and needed some extra attention before their noon bottles. Mid-morning Sami's mom came to visit and to sign over her rights. It seems that there were not good conditions at home, and that he will end up going to the facility that Ana and Maiastra went to (as will some others most likely). The mom was able to play with Sami for a while, which he seemed to like.
In the afternoon Malika took all the mobile and semi-mobile kids, and we took the babies, who were much quieter than in the morning. Tonight before dinner we went back to the clinic and we had a room with the non-mobiles as well as Alina, Ion, Cristi, and Andrei. Andrei and Ion don't seem to get along; Cristi liked talking to/playing with the new twins; Gabriela has a new obsession with knees; Marius has started to bite; Petre flirts with the twins; Daniella has gotten VERY fussy (maybe teething); and we think Alina is French because she LOVED being sung to in French.
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I hate to think of Sami going to that facility. I really think he could go to a foster family if they would take a special needs child but I know those opportunities are few and far between. Upsetting.
Glad to hear Gabriela has moved from a fascination with feet to a fascination with knees. I suspect it is due to her limited vision.
Cristi the stalker - he loves the little ones. Thank you so much for the pix and updates!
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