Parentless

A bouncing 2.2 kilo baby boy was born at 10 am this morning. We are still waiting on the doctors report but the baby is breathing on his own and with his mother which I am told is a good sign.

 

Last Weds. Manny went in for a checkup. After an ultrasound and some tests they wrote on her chart that she had "reduced liquor" and they needed some more tests. Ok first off I'm guess the translation there would be liquid versus a surprising lack of whiskey. After she got home we got to talking with her and asked her how much water she was drinking every day. She told us that she couldn't drink more then about a glass or she would vomit. We found out the same held for almost anything milk, soda. No matter what she drank she couldn't keeep it down.

Today we took her in for the additional tests. It was the first day the labs were open since our last visit. The doctors did the tests and monitored the babies heart rate. The heart rate was variable going up and down. In 4 days the babys condition had gone from stable to critical. As I type this they are inducing her. The baby is a little over 8 months old but according to the doctors the development stopped almost a month ago. So we are looking at a 7 month...

Diwali. Is the india festival of Lights. I'm told it takes about the same spot in the India mind as Christmas does in America. It's the festival time. A time to spend with family. There are actually three times of year that you could consider the Holidays in India. It really depends on your religious heritage. Hindu's have Diwali. Christian celebrate Christmas. Muslims celebrate Ramadan.

OK though it is the Holiday season I'd have to say the resemblence to christmas stops there. Christmas to me is quiet and calm. Family and friends and carols and cold winter nights. Diwali is loud and Hot. with Christmas are the scents of pine and apple cider. With Diwali is sulfer and ashe. Diwali is the fireworks time of the year and to be perfectly honest the forth of JUly ain't got nothing on this. There is no centralized display. Almost every family in town will buy some fireworks and starting at midnight the night of Diwali and going on for days after they light them off.

My son attempted to tell one of our...

Went out shopping a couple days ago for bunk beds and a baby cradle. We weren't sure how much it was going to cost for the beds we needed for the orphanage. After some shopping we finally found a couple different options ranging from 18,000 rs. ($400) to 10,000 rs. ($200) both were more then we really wanted to spend especially when you figure we need 6 of them now and many more in the future. Next shop was the carpenter maybe we could have it made. Well that was better about half the price but still too much.

So finally I decided to build my own. I never realized what a mess that would cause. When I went to by the lumber the prices were unbelievable. 1 1x6 8' long was over $100 at one shop and more at another. I'm sure I just didn't find the right shops and there is doubtless cheaper lumber around but when they quoted me all the lumber I thought I'd need for a baby bed and a bunk bed it was into the thousands. Ok lumber might not be such a good idea. However on the way home I noticed a shop that sold...