Dave was examined by the surgeon last night and passed the first test - that is, he could see the hand waving in front of his eye. Luckily, he is very familiar with this process, having gone through it in December. He is also following doctor's orders on staying in position (on his stomach, head turned to the right) - maybe a little too well. The doc told him to get up and move around some more today. Although the orders say to remain in that position for 50 minutes of every hour, the reason they give such orders is that most people fail to follow them and only stay in position maybe 15 minutes an hour. So, he gets to walk around some today.
I'm going to talk with the London embassy health officer this afternoon to determine what we may be able to do to get him out of the hospital. They have a flat close to the embassy for medevac folks which is within walking distance. So, as soon as the whole positioning thing is over, he may be able to go there.
Taylor's new babysitter, Violeta, is great. Yesterday was her first day, and she made orange muffins (wanted to make a cake, but we don't yet have a cake pan here). She's 28 and Taylor really likes her as do I. Taylor has been working with her new friend Eliza on a joint science project - something about using different liquids on seeds to determine what makes them grow best - so far, I think they've used water, orange juice, diet coke, and maybe something else. They also have to taste them, which she did last night.
I have not said much about my job, but it has been one big whirlwind so far. I just returned from a meeting with Prosecutor General Ina Rama, who is heading up the investigation into the Gerdec explosion. My fellow Resident Legal Advisor, Melissa Schraibman, and her family are leaving tomorrow for a much needed, 10-day vacation to Florence and Rome. So, I'll be here holding down the fort while she's gone. Luckily, our OPDAT staff are two very well-trained Albanian attorneys - Alba and Bruna - so, I'm fortunate to have their help.
Will post more later,
Cindy
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Sounds like a great report. Will he remain in London after discharge from hospital? Hope the power is back on. What type power generator is used in Albania?
Rip and Emmye stayed here last night and we went to Walkers for dinner. We ate on the patio the weather was just right. We had a weak cool front move through last evening. Both R an E send their best wishes to Dave for a quick recovery and say hey.
I treated Cade and six of his friends to La Cazuela for his birthday dinner while we were at Walkers.
Keep in touch.
He has to remain in London until the gas bubble dissipates from his eye. I think it's a smaller bubble than last time, because the surgeon said maybe in 3 weeks it will be gone. As for the generator, who knows? The thing is huge and sits outside our house. It kicks in when the power goes off, which happened again last night. The storm a couple of nights ago caused the GFI switch to trip because lightning struck so close to the generator.
Tell Rip and Emmye hello - glad you're having good weather. Weather here is nice also - Dave says London is in the high 40s to low 50s, not ideal but it could be worse. Glad Cade had a good birthday dinner. I think of both of you every single day.
I'll try to call you this weekend sometime - my colleague is going to Italy for a week, so I'll be free to use her Vonage phone - if the internet is working. No word on when we will finally be hooked up - maybe next week?
Talk soon,
Cindy
Post a Comment