Day 2 (or so)

It's hard to believe that we have only been here for a few days now. In some respects, time has flown, but in others, seems to be crawling. Since we visit the orphanage twice a day, it almost seems like seperate days of the week.

Our morning visit was back in the toy room, where we met on Monday. We played with the Clippo Hippo, and anything else he could get his hands on. We asked if we could give him some snacks that we brought from home, and were promptly told, "Neyt, neyt." The medical director really frowns on feeding the kids anything from the outside. Makes sense since, considering the number of visitors they have per day and no way to montior their intake. So, we stuck to playing with the toys.

Since the weather was so nice today (50's and sunny), we were able spend our afternoon visit outside. He was dressed in a lovely girl's snowsuit, but was worth the humiliation to get some time outdoors. The grounds of the orphanage have a lot of playground-type equipment, but since it is spring and pretty wet still, we avoided the mud. Instead, we just took laps around the orphanage, taking turns walking and carrying him. His cold sounded worse than ever today. A terrible rattle in his chest and nasty nose that kept running. His mood seemed to reflect his symptoms, a little grogy and clingy at times. Despite feeling lousy, he smiled, laughed and played, and seemed to enjoy himself. We will see what tomorrow brings.