These Babies Were Made for Walking!
February 24th, 2009 by 
Leah
Tiffany
Luke
Since I returned from home leave, I’ve been meaning to write about the kids who started walking in December. Mostly because three of the kids, Luke, Ginger & Tiffany Mei-mei, are fragile heart babies living in Samaritan’s House. This is a far bigger deal for me, I think, than the nannies. I like to think it’s because they’ve been helping the kids learn to walk, but their glances at my cheers are always a little, “Most babies walk eventually, Leah. You don’t have to applaud & scream every time.”
But, as true as this may be, these are some terribly fragile kids who are WALKING! Ginger just successfully came through a hernia surgery, and she has heart surgery planned for May. Luke, until a few months ago, looked uncomfortable even just sitting for the pressure of his bad heart. And Mei-mei, at four, just began pulling herself and taking steps. The blueness of her skin is discouraging, and there is nothing the doctors can do for her heart, but she pulled herself up anyway.
It’s these small celebrations that I love about day-to-day life in the village.
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February 25th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I was sooo excited to get the new update on Tiffany and find that she started walking! I had some pictures of her that looked like she was standing up in, but to hear it for sure was awesome! Do you actually call her Mei Mei? Yay for her and her creator!
February 25th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I can tell that Tiffiny has a blue face, poor thing! That is so great that she and Luke are walking! Keep up the encouragement! They like it, and I think it really would help. I am one of Tristan’s sponsors so these precious babies are in the same house as him. It would be great if you could post something on him?? Possibly??? LOL!
P.S. I would also love to hear your story, how you came about working with PHF, and wanting to be in orphan care?