Sun June 14 test results and shopping

 In the afternoon we went to get Gentry’s test results. And then get in with the pediatrician to get them read. I stayed out in the van with the children while Lonnie went in. He had to wait an hour to see the Dr and then get in the pharmacy line for the prescription. The results: nothing was detected. So continue with probiotics and zinc and watch his diet closely, introducing new foods one at a time. I’m still detecting blood in every diaper but it feels like the tide has turned and incrementally he is improving.

We went on to do our Jamuna Park Mall supper and shopping. 

Takeout: one of the few places we’ve found so far that has hamburgers we can enjoy https://maps.app.goo.gl/oRow9sqeHNnSmPkG8?g_st=ic

 Kid’s Paradise for an umbrella stroller and 1st pair of shoes for the boy. https://maps.app.goo.gl/WcNDhMm8UceEmnch6?g_st=ic 

Mr. D.I.Y. Such a fun store that has many small practical/fun things for nice low prices👍🏼 https://maps.app.goo.gl/gh7zaQaxhQ8aVUX79?g_st=ic

Wholesale Club: that lovely place where we find a few imported products that have a way of adding sparkle to life https://maps.app.goo.gl/oRow9sqeHNnSmPkG8?g_st=ic 

Back at the house later that evening, the big girls and I listened to Miss Shana’s wedding in Scenic Ridge, OH.

Sat June 13 fun day with the fellows

We Finally got to Dhaka’s New Market😅 with Brian’s and the teachers https://maps.app.goo.gl/4ZY6e8nnrbvjYC8b9?g_st=ic at the entrance we were enticed to try fresh dried mango and a pc of cheese. The cheese was round white loaves(think artisan bread loaf size) it was a very dry texture and a stouter taste than what we were interested in. 

Took note of the watch displays in front of, almost literally, every other dhokan! Then we came to a place where you could shop “inside” under a roof area. Which was a great thing, as before long, it came up a good little rain. We enjoyed shopping for kitchen items,  Bangladesh scenes paintings, .. the men did some of their own browsing. Lonnie found a shirt like he’d been looking for and after the rain stopped they found a cha stand close to where we had parked. Us ladies hit the fabric, kameeze sets, and ornas real quick yet and then headed out to the vehicles.

We took the littles home for naps and a quick little lunch

Early evening we went back out with Brian’s and the teachers. First to a park they wanted to take us to 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zTTijqDA4sMNoqJr6?g_st=ic

The 1st sizable expanse of green grass we’d been on in a good little while, maybe even since coming to this side of the world! 

They had personnel stationed by the big trampolines to keep the big children off with an age limit of 6!? That wanted to make my girls upset because it looked like something they could enjoy and I wouldn’t have even deemed it safe for the little people because the springs around the edge were not even covered!

But then we checked out the maze. That was definitely a highlight! Like a corn maze but it is shrub hedges. So fun! And perfect for Maddie and Jaira😊 and then the teachers and Lonnie came and found their way thru it too. 

The sun was setting as we made our way back to the vans and on to Neela Mkt for kabobs.

Fri June 12 Worship Day in Bangladesh

Gentry spiked a 103* in the night but by morning it was back to normal. His diapers still have blood but it’s decreased. We are waiting on test results but it’s the Bangladesh weekend, so they said 3 days.

 We got to church a little late, but they waited on us🙃 Naton(the Dhaka interpreter) has gotten a job that keeps him from being available for Fri service. So Brian and Lonnie kept it simple and short with Brian interpreting as best as he could.

We decided today would be a good day to take the dad’s to a special place for upcoming Father’s Day. We enjoyed a Bangali style steak dinner at Woodhouse Grill https://maps.app.goo.gl/N7ixC41qFGArmPER7?g_st=ic

This afternoon, Lonnie and Brian met up with our former Brother, Shurav, for a nice visit.

Brian’s and the teachers came to the guesthouse for the eve. The chips I used for nachos didnt stay crunchy😏 and we pulled cookies out. But we enjoyed each other’s company😉👍🏼

Thurs June 11 Dhaka🚙 💨

 1:30 AM found us on the road for Dhaka.

The world was not completely dead, although it was greatly reduced. Just a pedestrian here, a dokhan still open, an easy bike still going from point A to point B, a  repair? shop still going strong,…when we crossed the 1st river going out of Khulna we encountered lots of oncoming traffic, mostly trucks, using up most the road 🤯 

We rolled into Pink City shortly after 5 am. Thank goodness(and thanks to your $ contributions, a field secretary that deemed this upgrade necessary, and some missionaries that put forth some real effort🤍) for a lovely guesthouse house waiting. Gentry’s diapers were not getting worse and were not as dramatic as the one that sent us up here. We opted to not go to the ER, but unloaded, made beds, and crashed for a couple hours till our pediatrician would be in her office. 

The big girls stayed at the house and walked over to Brian’s after breakfast dishes were done. When we got to the hosp., we were informed it would be another 45 min till the Dr would be in. And as is so often in this country, there was interesting people watching to do🫣so that time passed quickly. At the visit, stool samples were ordered, a discussion of his diet, probiotics-zinc-and diaper rash cream were prescribed to be picked up at the pharmacy on ground floor.

We stopped at Apon (grocery store) for yogurt on the way home.

A relaxing afternoon

Lonnie took the stool samples in.

Miss Aleigha sent some Dee-Licious fresh-from-the-oven black currant muffins home with the girls. (Earl Grey Blueberry Muffins H&H Aug-Sep 2024)

Tues- Wed June 9-10

 These days we worked on a few things in preparation to going to Dhaka Sat for Gentry’s upcoming appt at the US Embassy to get his passport paper work started.

I made bread and cookies, cut out a dress, got the rooms ready for the Dhaka folks who will be staying here over Fellowship when we get back from Dhaka..

Tulshi got the van washed and the interior vacuumed and cleaned

And The Bud has been miserable.. he’s had ongoing diarrhea for 3 wks which we have attributed to a bug that seems to be going around and then he was working on his 3rd tooth (1st one on the top) but it has steadily been getting worse and Ive been wondering if we’ll be able to wait till Sat to leave for Dhaka.. It got to where he would drink 1 oz. and start straining as it seemed to hit the bottom of his stomach and go straight thru. I was changing So many pooy diapers all day and night and the diaper rash…. At 10:00 Wed. eve I changed  a n o t h e r  pooy diaper. Something prompted me to take it into the light and check it out. I was not prepared for what I saw… a very bloody diaper! I had never seen the like before and it very much alarmed me! I decided to go back thru the collection of dirty diapers from the day, 13 to be exact, to see how long this has been going on. I found 3 more although this last one was by far the most dramatic. By 10:30 we decided we would head into Dhaka as soon as we could get packed and ready. 

Mon June 8

 Gentry is finally learning to crawl!… 7 months 3 weeks. We were wondering if he would just go straight to walking as that is his favorite thing to do, hang onto your fingers and walk everywhere as long as you’ll do it with him! He’s pulling himself up on furniture etc so we’re glad he has learned to crawl

Sun June 7

 Kobid was here all morning helping Lonnie on this document for obtaining the use of the facility for Fellowship. After lunch, they met with the CSS folks. Side note, while Kobid was killing a little time while waiting on Lonnie after lunch, he was reading children’s books in the living room. The Little Golden Book, Nurse Nancy, lit a fire in him. And he proceeded to share passionately how this book needs to be translated into Bangla with Bangali children in the pictures! And how so many Bangali’s think being a Dr is the best thing to strive for But, what is also desperately needed, is good nurses! And that they need to know it is a very worthy profession!

I mixed up a batch of cinn rolls… recipe from the Love Wears An Apron cookbook that caught my attention.