Today we went back to the hearing clinic to finish up. Christiaan is enjoying the new settings on his hearing aids. We left off the background reduction option 2 years ago when they were originally programmed as it is important for his brain to learn to distinguish which sounds are important and which ones aren't. So now we have the setting turned on but not to the highest degree possible. Just a little. I continue to be very impressed with this hearing clinic. They are very experienced and very professional and very helpful!
Then we picked up some meds for Aidan at the hospital. Aidan has been diagnosed as having a mild type of dyslexia (decoding issue) and ADD which makes it hard for him to keep attention on what he is working on. He is a bit wiggly, but only because his attention span is so short. He is not hyperactive. So we, under consultation with an expat doctor in Papua, are going to try a low dose of Ritalin for a month to see if it helps him or not. We'll see how it goes before we make any major commitments one way or another. He will also be getting handwriting therapy throughout the summer along with the work he will have to do everyday in order to be able to go to grade two.
Then we went back to "Little India" - Mustafa Plaza (I'm not even sure how many levels this place has-too many). What an insane place! Never before have I seen so many pairs of high end runners just sitting out on shelves, not in boxes, waiting to be bought. There's no, let me get that size for you from the back... There's also no real rhyme or reason to the way things are displayed in this place. You can usually find the same item in at least two different places. But the prices there are the cheapest around... as long as you can find what you are looking for... By the time we left the place our heads were spinning... but I had some lovely Earl Grey Tea and Fruit Roll Ups and brown sugar and MSG-free chicken bouillon in my backpack; which incidentally was tie-wrapped shut. They tie-wrap all bags that you are carrying around in the store. Then it was off to McDonalds for lunch... again... Did you know that you can buy a cup of corn at McD's here? Asian's absolutely love corn. And yes Martina, they put it on pizza here too! Not my fave... Today I met a woman from the Philipines visiting her daughter who just had a baby, a man and his son from Nigeria who used to live in Calgary, a Chinese cab driver who can say a sentence in French, Indonesian, and Dutch among other languages... Love this place! But I'm getting the ready to go home feeling... We leave Thursday. Tomorrow it is off to Ikea where I will hopefully be able to buy a chair for Brynnie. And then I'll be searching for socks and underwear for the boys... so far a no show... Don't boys here wear underwear?
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great updates Erica! Sounds very interesting. Hope you're loaded up before going "home"! And quite eager to hear how Hugo is ..... how's the Dengue Fever thing? Many people here in your home church have been wondering since Pastor Schouten prayed publicly for him several weeks ago. Let us know, okay?
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