Thank you so much everybody who gave us ideas about what might be going on with little Phoebers. I am totally optimistic after hearing all of your thoughts and experiences. We've reigned in the fearful thinking.
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We are hopeful that it is related to her time in a loud orphanage and that she will begin to respond soon. She is not yet three months old so we have some time to get this figured out. For now our plan is to have a team that is here with Dr. Mark Fulton take a look at her on Sunday and go from there.
We are hopeful that it is related to her time in a loud orphanage and that she will begin to respond soon. She is not yet three months old so we have some time to get this figured out. For now our plan is to have a team that is here with Dr. Mark Fulton take a look at her on Sunday and go from there.
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We do have some good ideas of who we could try in Port next month if we determine it's necessary. If none of that panned out we have other teams coming later in the spring that have offered to try and bring testing equipment down. It's all good ... we're going to take it one thing at a time and expect the best. God seems to deliver the best with great frequency.
We do have some good ideas of who we could try in Port next month if we determine it's necessary. If none of that panned out we have other teams coming later in the spring that have offered to try and bring testing equipment down. It's all good ... we're going to take it one thing at a time and expect the best. God seems to deliver the best with great frequency.
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This afternoon we went into Tabarre to get Phoebe's adoption blood work drawn. The Doc thought her ears looked fairly normal but said he was not the guy to ask. He did point out the scabies on her wrists and got us some medicine for that ... we had not identified it as scabies, dummies that we are. I feel bad for missing it - and am now itching like a neurotic fool and feeling imaginary bugs under every inch of my skin.
The work-related issue we alluded to last night is getting more interesting; but not necessarily better. Just take your worst employee debacle in the USA, where you can tell the employee is sort of deranged and out to see what sort of money he can scam off the company - then turn up the heat on that and place yourself in a entirely different system as a minority in a culture where you clearly have little chance at a fair trial. The 'corrupt' label this country earned did not occur without some good old-fashioned schemes and scams.
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That's the readers-digest version.
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As long as Troy does not get taken to a jail on trumped-up (read: made-up) allegations, everything should be cool. We are learning the joys of management and finding out that no matter where you are, some people are just out to get back at "the man". The world is filled with chipped shoulders looking for some revenge. We're not the man, and we're not keeping anybody down, so we figure it'll all be okay -- inconvenient, ridiculous, and annoying, but ultimately okay.
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Plus, if Troy went to prison, it would make for great blog material. And, like Zach said today, The Apostle Paul wrote some great stuff from prison and "considered it all joy." So when they come to get Troy I'll toss a pen and paper with the undies and toothbrush in his prison-bag.
By the way, ZACH, you left some diet pop on the shelves at the Tabarre Deli Mart, an oversight I'm sure - you're getting sloppy in your shopping, you better watch your back.
Your loss is our gain - you hoarder of all things diet cola - game on.
-Tara
