After a week of sickness at our house, we were ready for a nice quiet weekend. However, it has been quite eventful, so far. I was just finishing the breakfast clean up when Austin came running out to the sink, clutching his hand and moaning. I have never seen him in so much pain; he was literally shaking all over. He finally managed to tell me that he had gotten his hand caught in the ceiling fan. Now ceiling fans here make the American ones look weak and puny. These have metal blades and, when on high speed, make it feel as if a wind storm has taken over the room. Well, Austin was trying to get a suitcase down from our overhead storage area and forgot to turn the fan off before doing so. As it turned out, he had some gashes between his knuckles, one of which was rather nasty. We put ice and lots of pressure on but soon it was obvious it would take more than that. After making lots of phone calls and weighing the options of going to Dhaka for medical care or going somewhere closer, a couple guys from the office came and whisked him away on a motorcycle and took him to the ER here. He came home with stitches and lots of gauze and different medicines. It seems he was well taken care of and we are all glad we didn't have to make a trip to Dhaka today. We are also so thankful that it wasn't worse. People have been known to loose fingers in these fans. He is now quite exhausted, as you can see!
The boys have been enjoying the quiet of the day though. Here they are doing their favorite activity - computer games.
Here they are again, in Pruitt and Riley's room, playing with the veggie tales. In many ways it has been a hard week, yet they have played so well together and have used their imaginations so creatively. Now if my stomach can just get back to normal...
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