German Doctors... you gotta love em'.

Today we brought Malaki to see a German doctor in the mountains of Gitega. For a few weeks, we have been hearing a clicking sound in his left leg and did alot of research on it through the Internet. There was the possibility that it was simply him growing and or another possibility that he could have hip displaysha (hip dislocation). This can happen before or during birth, generally in girls, breach births, if the womb is small having little room for the baby or if it is hereditary. So. We wanted to get him checked out just in case and figured it wouldn't hurt. The doctor did a sonogram (X-rays can't be done on babies because their bones are yet cartilage) and found that his left hip was partially dislocated. They rate it by degrees from 1 - 4 (1 being perfectly fine) and Malaki has 2a degree. The doctor isn't concerned as it is mild, although he suggested us to put Malaki on my back as pictured above :o). This spreads his legs high, as a stiff sling would be used in the US. I actually was just reading this in a great medical book we got as a gift. Isai and I always said that the Moby sling is nice... many different ways to wear it; although we weren't too interested in putting him on my back like locals do here. We tried today with the nurse... and it's actually kind of nice! The doctor said to have another consultation in 6 weeks to see the progress, but believes it will work itself out. We trust and appreciate his knowledge and experience... I think we found a new doctor for all of us! With all that said, we are at peace and ask that you all be too; as we can imagine the many, many (too many) thoughts going through your heads... Simply be at peace and also pray with us that God would align his body as he created it to be. All our love...

P.S. Also pictured was the car ride to Gitega... how beautiful are those chai tea plants?