October 4
Monday
- A frustrating morning today. On the drive to the morning visit, pedestrians were apparently playing chicken with the cars. They would walk almost into the car as it drove by, squeezing us into the traffic on the other side of them. The visit with Krysta started out fine. She had urped on herself again (she does almost every morning now- they must feed her just before we get there). So we had to change her outfit. Then about a half hour into our visit, we could tell that she had pooped and needed changing. We could not change her since we had no wipes or place to change her on. The doctor came in and apparently thought Krysta was cold - she had felt Krysta’s nose and was gesturing it was cold. She wanted us to put Krysta’s jacket on her. Well, we couldn’t since she had urped a little on the jacket. We gestured to the doctor that Krysta had a stinky diaper and gave her to the doctor with the new diapers we brought. The doctor said “paca, paca, paca” (bye in English) and took Krysta away. Eileen said “see you in a few minutes” But since the doctors spoke no English, it meant nothing to them. Masha was not around at this time. Her jacket was still in the room so we thought she was somewhere in the baby house. After we waited 10 minutes for Krysta to return, I started to look for Masha so we could find out if they were going to bring Krysta back up so we could spend more time with her. I went outside and noticed Masha’s car was not there - so I went into the room where they were keeping Krysta and didn’t see anyone in there to ask about her. I saw one of the doctors that took Krysta and asked if Krysta was going back upstairs to us. She gestured up and said something in Russian, so I thought they had already taken Krysta back up. When I arrived back in the visiting room, Eileen was there alone. We looked out the door for a while, but since it was now about 20 minutes since they took Krysta, we figured they were not going to bring Krysta back to visit.
We left, slowly, to meet Philipige to drive us home. We were hoping Masha would return so we could check on what had happened. We didn’t see her as Philipige drove us home. We were not happy with this situation and were unsure what the doctors were thinking. Were they thinking that we didn’t want Krysta back since she was stinky? Would this cause a problem with our future visits? About 10 minutes later, Masha came knocking at our apartment door. She said that when she got back to the baby house, the doctors gave Krysta to her and when she got to the visiting room we were gone. We explained what had happened at the baby house. She said the doctors DID think that we didn’t want Krysta back since she was stinky. Masha said she mentioned we had a child already and didn’t think that would be a problem. We asked Masha to explain that we could not change Krysta, but would have if we could have. Masha understood and said she would explain the situation to the doctor.
When we got there for the afternoon visit, the doctor wanted us to put on a hat and jacket while we visited inside. Krysta was too bundled up to really move. She had a onesie, tights, shirt, pants and another top on already, then we had to put the jacket on top of all that. It was too much and Krysta didn’t move around much during that visit. They said it was because the room was cold - which it was. So the afternoon visit was a quiet visit as we watched Krysta struggle to get up or crawl.
For dinner we went to Kamelot restaurant. This time we had soup to warm us up. Did I mention that it got cold outside? It was in the 40’s this morning and may have warmed up to 50 - and with a good breeze to add to the wind chill factor. The soup we got was good, and they also have good salads. We got ice cream for dessert....the Sarvers got a ‘banana spleet’ which was ice cream with bananas, whipped cream, and chocolate. We got ‘Tsunami’s treat’ which was ice cream with shaved chocolate and walnut. Both desserts were good.
*****We are READY to go home - we miss our Logan
- A frustrating morning today. On the drive to the morning visit, pedestrians were apparently playing chicken with the cars. They would walk almost into the car as it drove by, squeezing us into the traffic on the other side of them. The visit with Krysta started out fine. She had urped on herself again (she does almost every morning now- they must feed her just before we get there). So we had to change her outfit. Then about a half hour into our visit, we could tell that she had pooped and needed changing. We could not change her since we had no wipes or place to change her on. The doctor came in and apparently thought Krysta was cold - she had felt Krysta’s nose and was gesturing it was cold. She wanted us to put Krysta’s jacket on her. Well, we couldn’t since she had urped a little on the jacket. We gestured to the doctor that Krysta had a stinky diaper and gave her to the doctor with the new diapers we brought. The doctor said “paca, paca, paca” (bye in English) and took Krysta away. Eileen said “see you in a few minutes” But since the doctors spoke no English, it meant nothing to them. Masha was not around at this time. Her jacket was still in the room so we thought she was somewhere in the baby house. After we waited 10 minutes for Krysta to return, I started to look for Masha so we could find out if they were going to bring Krysta back up so we could spend more time with her. I went outside and noticed Masha’s car was not there - so I went into the room where they were keeping Krysta and didn’t see anyone in there to ask about her. I saw one of the doctors that took Krysta and asked if Krysta was going back upstairs to us. She gestured up and said something in Russian, so I thought they had already taken Krysta back up. When I arrived back in the visiting room, Eileen was there alone. We looked out the door for a while, but since it was now about 20 minutes since they took Krysta, we figured they were not going to bring Krysta back to visit.
We left, slowly, to meet Philipige to drive us home. We were hoping Masha would return so we could check on what had happened. We didn’t see her as Philipige drove us home. We were not happy with this situation and were unsure what the doctors were thinking. Were they thinking that we didn’t want Krysta back since she was stinky? Would this cause a problem with our future visits? About 10 minutes later, Masha came knocking at our apartment door. She said that when she got back to the baby house, the doctors gave Krysta to her and when she got to the visiting room we were gone. We explained what had happened at the baby house. She said the doctors DID think that we didn’t want Krysta back since she was stinky. Masha said she mentioned we had a child already and didn’t think that would be a problem. We asked Masha to explain that we could not change Krysta, but would have if we could have. Masha understood and said she would explain the situation to the doctor.
When we got there for the afternoon visit, the doctor wanted us to put on a hat and jacket while we visited inside. Krysta was too bundled up to really move. She had a onesie, tights, shirt, pants and another top on already, then we had to put the jacket on top of all that. It was too much and Krysta didn’t move around much during that visit. They said it was because the room was cold - which it was. So the afternoon visit was a quiet visit as we watched Krysta struggle to get up or crawl.
For dinner we went to Kamelot restaurant. This time we had soup to warm us up. Did I mention that it got cold outside? It was in the 40’s this morning and may have warmed up to 50 - and with a good breeze to add to the wind chill factor. The soup we got was good, and they also have good salads. We got ice cream for dessert....the Sarvers got a ‘banana spleet’ which was ice cream with bananas, whipped cream, and chocolate. We got ‘Tsunami’s treat’ which was ice cream with shaved chocolate and walnut. Both desserts were good.
*****We are READY to go home - we miss our Logan
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