November 22, 2021

 Sweetness poured from his anguished eyes.

The older boy had laid down in a drain of waste water, trying desperately to find relief from pain. His enormous wound was exploding with maggots. Without rescue he didn’t have much longer to live.

We hurried him into treatment with pain medicine, IV drip for dehydration, and most vital, removing the maggots and cleansing his wounds. He was almost toothless and arthritic, but he delighted us with his hearty appetite and youthful desire to get better fast.

He melted into our cuddles and stayed peaceful and loving throughout his daily wound dressings. You’ll see in this video an amazing rapid healing process. We just kept saying “Shabaash” which means “Wow! Wonderful!” in Hindi. And that’s what we’ve called him: Shabaash.