Chicken Pox

We have been having trouble talking to the girls due to problems with the translator's phone. We actually have not talked to them since Easter but have been communicating via email with the translator. Anyways, we were supposed to talk Saturday morning, but when I called we were told that they both had been taken to the hospital at the end of last week with chicken pox. A number of children have had it at their orphanage and going to the hospital seems to be standard for any illness. Nastya had been in the hospital for a cold a few months ago. Maybe it is how they quarantine illnesses and try to prevent them from spreading.

Anyways, I wish I could know more how they are and I am so sad thinking of them feeling so bad with no one to comfort them or help the long days of feeling miserable pass. We are praying that they get well quickly. I have heard that chicken pox is worse the older you are, but I am hoping that is not the case for them and that it is very mild. Children in Ukrainian orphanages are typically vaccinated for just about everything, but I guess the chicken pox vaccine hasn't made it there yet.

We may be able to talk to them while they are at the hospital, and I am praying that this works out to just hopefully bring them a small amount of comfort and at least distraction!