Sunday morning update on Julie

Thank goodness for the Internet, Skype and cell phones.  Ryan managed to get it all connected for a few minutes so we could talk to Julie. The connection was flakey so we had to do without video but we could talk to her.

Today was a not good day apparently. She just wants to come home. She asked if we could find her a cruise ship so that if she can’t fly, she can get home anyway. There is a problem with her idea, however – Delhi is 700+ miles/1150 km from Mumbai which is on the coast.

I think that first she needs to hear from the doctors when they will be willing to release her. I know that Ryan will be in touch with the insurance company to find out what they are willing to authorize and cover so with luck, she will be home sooner rather than later.

She is still receiving some pain meds but she says she is still in a lot of pain. I tried to remind her that when she broke her arms a few years ago she was in pain but it did all go away eventually. Her comment was that she would be quite happy to break her arms again in exchange for broken ribs.

Noosh e-mailed me “Today I went to a fabric shop that Julie had been to a few times and picked up some clothes she had ordered. The family said that they read about the accident in the newspaper and had tried to visit Julie. 
I am now back in Faridabad and it's sad without Julie to keep me company. 
All of her things are still here. It would be nice to meet Ryan when he picks them up. 
The other girl needs to get her stitches out on Wednesday so I will go to the hospital with her and will hopefully see Julie.”

We then managed to contact Noosh over Skype. She is going to start her volunteering tomorrow. She said she is pretty much all healed so that is great news. I asked her if she could get a copy of the newspaper article but she said the family tried to find it in their pile of newspapers but couldn’t find it again. We think that someone in the housemother’s family may have seen it and kept a copy so I am hopeful we can get a copy. Noosh believes that their housemother will be discharged tomorrow – I hope so too.

Ryan is hoping by tomorrow his sim card will work so it will be easier for us to contact her. Wish him luck!