Baba Update

A little update on my little guy.  We drove down to Port au Prince on Monday to meet with a group called ASP.  They are a hearing aid company based out of Canada, who has come to Haiti to do testing and fitting of aids.  How perfect, right?  Well, we arrived around 9:00 AM and with just one look in his ear with the otoscope (which he was very skeptical about), we hit a bump in the road (nothing ever seems to work out quite as planned down here).  The hearing aid technician found blood in his right ear canal.  How much?  I don't really know.  She wasn't too keen on allowing me to participate in the process.  My guess is that Baba simply scratched his ear when trying to clean them out - a minor action, but one that threw a wrench into the process, nonetheless.  The group can't perform the test until we get it checked out due to safety.  So today we are having him seen by a visiting doctor, Dr. Mike, to make sure all is structurally well.  Once we have the OK from him, we (well, some volunteers will; the car is too full so I won't be able to join) will take him back to Port au Prince tomorrow to be checked by the group and I should have all the information I need to proceed from there.  I'll make sure the group takes lots of pictures and takes down lots of information for me.  Things are happening, although on Haitian time, they're still happening.  Keep praying.

And since I'm on here, I'll give you a house update as well.  Our bedroom and living room furniture was moved in yesterday.  A minor problem with the legs for the bed (they broke about as easy as peanut brittle at Christmas time) was overcome by our wonderful carpenter who volunteered to make us new legs.  They'e definitely sturdier and, if I do say so myself, much easier on the eyes.  Brittany and I finished hanging all the towel bars in the upstairs bedrooms yesterday and will be finishing the downstairs today.  We will be painting the kitchen and dining room and doing some final cleaning before making beds and hanging towels in the rooms to welcome our first round of guests.  Exciting stuff!  Jackie, the other sister in the house, returns from a 3-week vacation tomorrow, so we're hoping to have it ready for her as a surprise.  If I have anything to do with it (which I do), it will be done (even if we have to stay up late and get up early to make it happen).  We'll probably be christening the house with one night in it as volunteers this weekend.  Should be fun!  I'll be sure to get another update posted soon after I receive word about Baba.  Thanks for all the prayers. 

Peace,
C.