Today I am Thankful for the photos that are in the post. No parents have been allowed to visit the Suichuan Social Welfare Institute (SWI) that Nadia was from until last month. Two fathers were able to arrange it with an in-country guide and one took photos and posted them to our yahoo group. What a blessing! I have so badly wanted to see where Nadia spent the first 8 months of her life and now we have a view into it.
The dad said that the city is cut in half by a river and that the SWI was located right in the middle of an industrial area. So with the windows open the fumes and smoke just blew right into the babies room. Mike and I think this would explain the high lead levels that so many of the Suichuan babies have upon being tested in America. He also said that the nannies obviously loved the babies and called them all by name, but it’s just overwhelming for 1 or 2 women to be responsible for 10 infants. It’s just wonderful to have these photos to be able to show Nadia.
Click the photo below to see the slide show he put up for the other parents.
Here is the floor the babies are on.
Here is a sample room.
