Straight to My Heart

So, don't get used to this, I won't be posting every day, I just wanted to share a couple experiences.

This morning, there was this girl in my room who I haven't had much interaction with yet. This is mainly because she is always in her chair and doesn't respond much to stimuli. She generally just sits there with her head back and her mouth open. I tried for a while early on to get a reaction from her, but couldn't. I was soon pulled away by one of the other children. Later, I made it back to her and noticed that one of the workers had taken off her slippers. I ran my fingers along the bottom of her feet hoping to get a reaction, but not really expecting one as none of my other attempts to tickle her had worked. As such, it was a good thing I was looking at her face because I almost missed the brief smile I got out of her. It went straight to my heart.

This afternoon, I went to the hospital. There, each floor has a left and right wing. With five people, we split into two groups, each taking a side. Alex (Alexandra who works in Mickey 1 with me) and I ended up on the left side completely by chance. We decided to leave the ICU (the first floor) till last and went up. There are eight floors that we go up, asking "Aveți copii fără mame?" We made it all the way to the sixth floor before we found any children. There we found a boy who was very small for his age, but he had the biggest smile; it was so much fun to tickle him. After spending time with him, we found two little girls on the next floor. They were super adorable and we spent quite a while with them. After checking the eighth floor and finding no kids, we ended up in ICU. We weren't expecting there to be much to do as there had only been one baby there on Friday. Today though, there were six kids for us. Five were babies that we changed and held for a while (except a couple that had a tubes and such connected to them). The sixth one is special though. She is actually one of the girls from Alex's and my room at the orphanage that we had noticed was missing this morning. It was wonderful being able to see her, and I think there may have been a little divine intervention in getting me and Alex in ICU together today.