Small update

I am so sorry that I totally forgot to post an update on Anna’s foot.  She does not walk with a limp anymore!  With all of the irritation and sores on her feet, one of the places was infected and sore and had “something” in it.  The sore has healed and she no longer walks with a limp! The poor girls feet were/are a mess. SCABIES is the diagnosis.  My heart just aches to think how long she has had those nasty little boogers biting away at her skin and oh how she has suffered from severe itchiness.  In July, YES July, they had her dressed in sock tights, long pants, undershirt and a shirt and I imagine all of that heat and sweating only made the itching worse.  She walks around scratching all over and is rashy all over because of scabies but her feet look the worst of all.  She even scratches her feet in her sleep.  Her feet are constantly rubbing each other in attempt to scratch at the ickyness that is biting away at her skin.  She and the rest of our family have been treated for scabies and the literature says that the itching can last up to 4 weeks even after the scabies are gone!!!!!!  I will be sending an email to our facilitator to get in contact with the orphanage director and the orphanage doctor because the doctor had told our facilitator that we were overreacting about her feet after we had taken her out of the orphanage. She said that we were silly and that it was just an allergic reaction.  To what????  They had no answer for that, but now we do! It’s scabies, not an allergic reaction!  I cannot even imagine how many children at that institution are walking around scratching and in misery and suffering from scabies as well.  All I can do is just hope and pray that they seek treatment for them and don’t just turn their heads to this issue.