Sad Note

This week has been going pretty well. I was feeling really sick on Monday so I just stayed in the house the whole day because I didn't want to make it worse.

I was feeling much better by yesterday but I am still really tired.

I slept past my alarm this morning---the first time since I have been in Ghana. I can tell that I am getting comfortable here. haha

On a sad note. One of my babies seems to be wasting away. His name is Yoa (Yow). I was here his first day in the orphanage and I instantly fell in love with him. He was so unhappy when he came but he is starting to be a little more cheerful. He has these little pouty lips and I can spend hours trying to make him smile. When he first got here he was a little bit chubby (as babies should be). Now his knees are bigger than his thighs and his heels are bigger than his ankles. His face is thinning out and his arms seem like they could break at any moment. When I hold him he clings on so tight that I don't even need to use my arms to hold him up. When I set him down he will cry for hours (not an exaggeration). I have noticed him losing weight and I kept telling the other volunteers but they said that he was ok and that the Aunties would notice if he actually was. Now they notice and when they asked the Aunties about it the aunties told them that he is losing so much weight because we give him too much attention. His is literally wasting away before my eyes and I don't know what to do to stop it.

I found out about one of the little boys Emmanuel. His father is in jail because he used to beat Emmanuel half to death. Sometimes it is easier not to know the stories of these kids but I feel that they need to be heard.

There are two twins named Akoko (yes she has my nickname as a real name) and Aquilly. They were found tied to a tree outside their house. They had developed their own language to communicate to each other but now they barely talk to each other.

I can't write anymore.