First weeks thoughts

I am covered in so many mosquito bites right now...they must like fresh blood. And there's plenty flying around the room just now!
Just a little update on work.
Just want to say thanks to everyone for their thoughts, prayers and messages over the last wee while. They have definately worked, as I've settled in really well and had a wonderful first week back at work.

Yesterday we took out more children throughout the day, all of whom I knew two years ago, and they are all just a bit taller. I have been able to go right into all the wards this time to pick up all the kids.
Today I did a bit of physio with the physio at CCD. We used a tilt table! But it's really hard to do stuff with a lot of the more disabled children because they don't understand instructions very well (not that I can say any physio related Thai words anyway) and they have very tight muscles and just require a lot of support. Though the boy who was very very ill for three months when I was here last has made such progress. Which is fantastic because there was a stage everyone thought he wouldn't make it.

Reading a book. He tried to get me to read it but unfortunately for him I don't read Thai!



Standing in the tilt table!

This was Pee Tee just after he came back from sick ward 2 years ago, after I left.

And this is him now. Put on a lot of weight,

grown a lot and able to move around himself.

The physio is now working on trying to get  him

four point kneeling and crawling. And he's much

more aware of his surroundings than he was after

he was ill. 

Last night Lily asked if I could watch her taekwondo so this morning I went to school with them to watch her perform in assembly. She was great! And it was good seeing the school they are at. Then I headed to Fuang Fah for the rest of the morning and just showered the kids and played with them and did some physio stuff. I had lunch in the government staff cantine with a friend which was a new experience. I'm finding eating with the staff a lot of fun and I also don't have to think about what to order elsewhere. Maybe I'm a bit more adventureous this year!

Then this afternoon I went to Rachawadee girls (government orphanage for older girls and ladies) because the Fuange fah staff had a meeting, and just spent some time with some of the girls doing colouring in, playing pairs and other things like that.

So it has been a great week!