Sorry I haven't been online in a few days. Nothing super exciting to report, but things nonetheless!
Lets see...it's been VERY cold. like in the 50s, but rainy and gross and gray. Should have brought another hoodie!
Monday I got sent home from work early because one of the boys we see mondays was sick, so Anda had to make a house call and with his shaky system, they wanted as few people around him as possible. That morning, I helped to treat Yonella. We're teaching her to transfer from her wheelchair into the bed and vice versa. She was SO excited about this, it really just melted me. Later that night we went to a pizza place for hot chocolate, which I had been craving. It wasn't super wonderful, but it did the job for the evening.
Tuesday, I started the day in the children's center. We colored pictures of our favorite places and played some very extreme games that were hard for me to understand since I didn't know the language. In the afternoon, I treated Yonella by myself! I was a little overwhelmed that they left me alone, but really excited! I kept joking after the fact that it's a good thing she can't feel her legs! While we did her stretches, she taught me how to count in romanian and learn some colors! That night, we went out for drinks for one boys last night. He had been here learning romanian and was really proud of my ability to count to 10 without falter! I got hot chocolate again and it was absolutely wonderful and filled with whipped cream and was all pudding like...next time I'll take a picture =)
Today was again a short day because the last wednesday in each month is cleaning day. While this kind of grosses me out that they only clean the toys and equipment once a month, I guess it's better than never. We treated two cousins in the morning. They were both gypsy, and one had down syndrome and a heart condition and the other had cystic fibrosis. I thought their names were both Benjamin, but I must have hear wrong because I got looked at like I had 4 heads when I said their names were the same. If anything, I am gaining a lot of confidence here when it comes to working with children. We worked on the second one's breathing, and to do that we bounced him up and down on an aerobics ball. He wanted to bounce with me, so I got to hold the most adorable 4 year old and throw him up and down and then make him blow a whistle. It was an interesting hour of physical therapy, but amusing nonetheless.
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| This is proof that I'm doing cool stuff and have friends, and am not just taking random pics off the interwebs and being a hermit. |
Just for my mom, here's the only bear I've met so far. I will name him George-Martin. Just because that's the name we've been giving every nameless creature!
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Alyssa
Did you kill that bear yourself?
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