Uma has been blessed with the love of Anne, who has been looking after her and showering her with attention and affection. Today, another angel entered her life, though, thankfully, it only needed to be for a brief encounter. That angel is Dr. Amit Singal.
Dr. Amit (as we have been calling him) left his busy job at government hospital (and Adhipen says that the goverment hosipital MDs are the best because of the numbers of cases they see on a daily basis) which was far from Uma's orphanage to go and examine her on our behalf. He had to go during his working hours, though originally he preferred to go on Sunday, his day off, because the orphanage rules were that he could only go between 9-5 on weekdays. He accomodated to their rules and went yesterday (our last night). He refused to take any payment from us. He felt it was his "duty" because Uma is an orphan and because we are adopting her.
Dr. Amit found Uma Aakriti to be in good health with all milestones met for her age except for speech. He said that to have one milestone unmet was not a concern. He also found her to be malnourished with a protein deficiency. She does not have alopecia (hair loss in patches) but her hair is thin and lacks luster, probably due to being malnourished. Though he did not look at the past medical records, her weight /height was only slightly under the norm for her age, and so he was not concerned about it.
Dr. Amit said that she was responsive to him, smiled and made eye contact and was able to run and even climb the stairs with some help (and even without help when she was determined to go visit Anne as per Anne's last e-mail to us :))
We were very relieved by Dr. Amit's report, and very grateful to him for his kindness and his humanity. He is what I would consider a true healer! We will always consider him one of Uma's angels. :)
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