Oh, baby!
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Teiden
We just had a blackout. The ceiling AC unit spun down into silence and the hospital was thrust into total blackness except for the dim glow of my trusty laptop’s screen. It was at once surprising and reassuring when the hospital’s generator kicked in ten seconds later – what a remarkable response time for Thailand! The guy down the hall on the iron lung was even more impressed.
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Maxie Update
We are settled into a private room at the private hospital on the street behind Serm Thai shopping center in downtown Mahasarakham. The facilities are better than the VIP room at the provincial hospital where we stayed after Max was born. Max has an IV in his arm and he’s doing fine. He’s been fine the whole time, actually. This whole week he’s been coughing and getting stuffed up, but never stopped playing or smiling. It was heartbreaking watching him being held down by nurses and getting stuck in the arm with a needle. He cried LOUDLY and shook his head back and forth in pain and frustration. He actually…
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Maxie is sick
He has bronchitis (and possibly a bacterial infection) serious enough for treatment at the hospital for at least a few days. The real fear is it turning to pneumonia, so the doctors are insisting a course of inhalants and IV-administered meds. We had him diagnosed first by a pediatrician at a private clinic this afternoon, then at the provincial hospital, where they wanted him to stay. It was too crowded and dirty there, so we are opting to take him to a private hospital nearby instead since he does have to stay for a while. If you need to contact us, call our mobile numbers. I’m attaching his chest x-ray…
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cool hand
We must here publicly thank all of those who have sent Max presents from all over the world, clothes in particular. They are sooo cute! He has so many sets of clothes I’m thinking of documenting them here as a complete collection, as well as in individual photos.
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Max & Nam at MSU Nihongakusai
Another shot from the Japanese festival Nam’s department put on at Mahasarakham University a couple weeks back. Max needs to grow into his clothes a bit (thx Uncle D and Auntie M!)
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Mahoroba is Japanese Arcadia
Max was overtired and sleep-deprived today, so he just threw a big fit on and off for a couple hours. It was impossible to get any work done, but I still love him with all my heart. ———- —- — — – – – — ———- —- — — – – – — Sometimes, though, I stay in the bathroom longer than I need to… And I’m not even reading. The ceiling fan turns and water from the shower drips with a steady rhythm… I’m hesitant to leave my sphere of tranquility. It seems that Thailand is my new Yamato and my bathroom is the precise location of Mahoroba. ———-…
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We’re Baaaaack
…and looking off to the side, but hey, that’s what happens when I give somebody else the camera, right?
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Why Max’s Face Isn’t Here
All of his photos are on the HD of my dead PC. I haven’t finished building its replacement from old parts yet. Please stay tuned.
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Satisf
When I gave Max a kiss on the forehead on the way out the door this morning, he responded with a loud belch and a smile. I’d respond in kind, except that my belches still scare him.
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cyr
