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Brano is home.......
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I AM HOME
He arrived back on the early hours of Thursday morning.
Caroline Got out with him around 8 pm .she then had to change sheets and clean the Ronald MacDonald house.
It will be so good to have us all home in the house tonight for the first time in three weeks.
Hospital food is good ..but Carries cooking is so so good...!
I will send more pics shortly this all happened around 1 am by the time they got back.
Bran is sore he is very tender and very weak,his wound is still tender.
He freaked out this morning when Caroline showed him some bottles of meds.
He is standing At a bit of an angle and his head is a little to one side........He needs to retrain his little body to his brand new posture.
Today is the first day of a brand new life for the wee man from Ethiopia.
Simply
Your pal
Jim
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Who owns this Red Bike
Carrie home for Dental appointment its Tuesday night in CHLA I am on the backshift-Accidently I took the red bike into the hospital....I never seen it in my Bag ......oooops..!
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Well, Monday has come and nearly gone and we are not home!!!!
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Monday 2nd November
Berhanu still has some unfinished business that he still has to do (if you know what I mean!!!) before he can get home.
Today was a good day with the physical Therapist, he walked well and was holding his head good,
Cannot remember if we have already said that Berhanu has one leg longer than the other, so that is throwing his balance off a little!! He will get an X-ray in the next day or so to determine exactly what is going on there.
I think we managed to get through to him that he will be going back to the house, as he was on a high later in the afternoon, so I am hoping that, that will motivate him to get around and also to do his unfinished business!!!!
Tomorrow I am leaving here at 5am as I have a dental appointment. Our friends Jill and Laura are leaving San Juan at 5am to come and sit with him till Jim comes up later in the day. Tomorrow night Jim will be have the night shift (yee ha).
I pray that within the next day or two we will be sending you photographs or Berhanu at home, but till then we will be blogging from CHLA!!!!!!!
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As you can see, we decided that if we cannot get to the Harvest Festival at the church, then we would have our own!!!
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Having our own Dress up Party!!!!!
As you can see, we decided that if we cannot get to the Harvest Festival at the church, then we would have our own!!!I could not believe my eyes when I came back to the hospital today!!!! Berhanu looked so much better and just about back to himself!!!! He was smiling and interacting with Jim and I, it was such a blessing.
At present he is still sitting in the little wagon waiting to go back into bed for the night. He is tired, as this has been the first day that he has been awake all day long!!!!
We are hoping that he will get to go home soon!!! Even as early as Mon/Tues, that would be so good to have him back in the house again and to get him back to full strength.
Bethany has been patiently waiting for him coming home, as she is not allowed in the hospital because of the "piggy flu", so I am sure that if he gets home at the beginning of the week, she will be pleased.
Everyday has been such a blessing with Berhanu, we are so thankful to God for being given this privilege to take care of such an angel. Just remember that God can put people into our lives that are actually angels, which means we can be entertaining angels, so we should always be kind, considerate and loving, the way that God would love!!!
Tomorrow is a new day, and I pray God's mighty hand on Berhanu.
Nightie Night!!!!
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Bran in the toy shop
Since the operation -he is leaning to the left when he sits when he stands and seems to be listing to the side where his hump was.
I have other videos that are too long for the uploader I will figure out how to get them on.
Sat Morn another rough night....Bran was good but Oscar who we are sharing a room with kept us up most of the night.........
jim
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Bran has had his surgery he is out of ICU its now Friday Morning.
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Brans Nurse From Ethiopia
Caroline was with him until yesterday now I have the Thursday Night -Friday night Shift.
We have had a bad night .He is being weaned off Morphine.
He has been up every second hour crying .They have given him some Morphine Shots to keep him Going.
He has withdrawn into himself and is very shy..........This is the way he reacts when he is in pain or does not want to eat.......No temper tantrums or crying ......just the silent introverted man.
This Video Clip Lets you hear Amharic being spoken...Its just like Scottish ......nobody can understand a word you are saying.
CHLA employ 3000 people........what were the chances of getting a nurse from Ethiopia. Senja
came from Ethiopia when she was 16 -her family had a business ,it was taken from them and they became threatened in Ethiopia.
She is a lovely person who has really helped us big time.
Only God can control those odds 3000 -1 chance of getting a nurse who speaks Amharic.
The more I get to know Brano ..............The more I think that he has experienced things that have made him have a withdrawn -reclusive side to his character.
I think that time with us would bring him out of a life of Greys and dull colors into a vibrant normal loving family where Hughes and affection are every day life.
When your told your loved every day, your are a beautiful child, your doing well......when you swim in a sea of confidence ................you start to believe in yourself...
Simply............. Bran needs the basic commodity of love............God allow us the gift of giving him that Love.
I am now in Ronald MacDonald's house to get cleaned up and prepare for the night shift.
MacDonald's are so generous- really, really kind to allow many of the families to stay here for free............
God bless the big Mac !
I will post a couple of other vids later of the Bran walking his dog called Wilber........?
The kid is on the mend......!
biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
jim
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Bran is Smiles better
Today has been Berhanu best day.
He is out of ICU and is back on the ward. We have had some visitors from Ocean come and see him. He is still feeling rough but much better than last week.
He was only face down in the theatre for 4 hrs as opposed to 8 last week.
Caroline has been here since Tuesday night. I am now taking over at the CH Hilton in LA.
Carrie saw the X rays today and his spine is must better....We will post the X rays when we get them the difference is remarkable.
He is now off Morphine and is getting another type of medication for pain.
His little tummy is now switching on.
He is worn out and has very little energy.....he appears to be withdrawn, I think the two operations have made him very wary of people with a medical look.
The main thing is, he is on the mend..........Surly God answers prayers.
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