It's a little bit of a rough month for the kids living on site because April's summer vacation, a month where most boarding school kids get to go home, but most of these guys just have to stay here. I keep hearing "I wanna go home I wanna go home I wanna go home." They must be bored out of their skulls because a group of them huddled around me while I had my "Thai for beginner's" text book in front of me during lunch and they were all pitching in to help me pronounce all the words correctly.
Judy, the girl who had an epileptic seizure on my first week here and who I visited in the hospital in Chiang Rai was released and is now staying in the first aid room on site. I just took a look at her and she's still connected to tubes and can't eat anything. Not convulsing and in pain perhaps, but she's not coherent and she's not resting. She's under 24 hour supervision. The kids that graduated from the program and still live here take shifts watching over her. It'd be nice to think she'll eventually be walking and talking again, but I guess we'll see.
posted by Jamie @ 12:40 AM
3 Comments:
Ooooo... let the kids teach you Thai! They also probably think it's funny when you make mistakes. Kids are like that.
I hope Judy gets better. You never know. Did they ever figure out what happened?
Poor Judy. I just hope she's not in pain. But what a wonderful thing to have your peers look in after you! I guess without their biological families there, they form their own families. What a lovely & fortunate occurrence. I hope she is better soon!
I like the kids helping you! But I am sure you keep them laughing with your pronunciations!
I really hope Judy can pull through. It is really amazing and wonderful that the other kids are taking turns watching her. I am sure she can feel their presence and love. Good luck with the Thai... It sounds like you are making great progress.
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