17 November 2007

The Meeting


First day: stunned little guy

When we first saw Luka, he was sitting on a borrowed booster seat, eating rice and beans. For the entire first day, Luka did not move anything voluntarily, except his eyes. When I changed his first diaper (an unfastened cloth nappy held together with a tied-on plastic bag) and lifted his legs up, he literally froze in the position for a good half an hour. The poor little guy was obviously traumatized and we were a bit worried that he'd remain completely unresponsive. The only progress we saw in the first day was his willingness to grasp onto a plastic spoon.
Paul and I joked that we'd have to try not to forget we had a little kid around, since he didn't make a peep the entire first day.

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