Our beautiful baby girl, Rielyn is now 18 months old and at about 9 months was diagnosed with bilateral profound hearing loss; that later was determined congenital. This means, she was born deaf and it was missed at her infant screening. Her hearing aids are not working for her so we have no other option to give her the best life possible and go ahead with cochlear implants. It is a very serious surgery…but she will hear!!!!
THORVALDSEYRI, Iceland Volcanic Eruption
THORVALDSEYRI, Iceland - As once-stranded European travelers return to their routine lives, farmers near the base of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano are only starting to grapple with long-term consequences of the recent eruption.
SILVER CITY, N.M. -- Lance Armstrong said Wednesday there were plenty of good reasons he wanted to return to the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico.
Big climbs, a time trial, a competitive field.
The seven-time Tour de France champion finished 22nd in the Tour of the Gila's opening stage, a 95-mile road race to Mogollon that was capped by a grueling climb over the final five miles.
Hell and hope in Haiti |
| Posted by Moderator Michael Hogan (admin) on Feb 16 2010 |
As Matthew "Bill" Carter maneuvered his motorcycle down the road outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he spotted something up ahead of him in the road.
His first thought was that it was a dead goat; however, as he approached, he realized it was the body of a young boy, no older than 13 or 14.
"He was naked, all dirty. It looked like he had been thrown off a truck. I just sat there," Carter said, recalling the shock of the scene. "To me, it represented what was going on in Haiti. I kept wondering what his name was, who his parents were, whether they were even alive."
It was a scene that has become all-too-familiar in the Caribbean nation for the past month, since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks Jan. 12 decimated the Port-au-Prince area.
Carter has spent most of the last 15 years in Haiti as a missionary. He currently oversees and operates the Morning Star Center in Tabarre on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. The center includes a first-aid station, but is primarily a group home for boys. The youths aren't necessarily orphans, Carter explained, but are often brought to him by parents.
"The parents know that it is a safe environment where they will get some education and learn about life skills and hygiene that will be a benefit to the household and the community," he said.
When he returns to the United States several times each year, Carter becomes an adopted son of Livingston County, staying with Brighton Township residents Temple and Bertha Wiles. He returned stateside several weeks ago to raise funds for more supplies as well as relocation efforts for his group home, which was structurally damaged during the quake. Carter was sitting on the front porch of the concrete structure when the tremors first struck Jan. 12.
"All of a sudden, the table started shaking. Then the whole house just shook," he said. "It sounded like a train running underneath the house. It was just noise. Anything that could be broken was broken. Anything that could fall, fell."
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