Under the Weather

Both Thien Nhan, 2, and his brother Little Minh, 3, are home from school sick today, with mild fevers and sniffles. Usually, Thien Nhan has physio sessions with Swedish physiotherapist Ulrike Urquart on Mondays and Thursdays, but today's lesson had to be cancelled. The tot was already feeling poorly during his last two physio lessons, and gave poor Ulrike--who volunteers her services-- a hard time.

"I wasn't as popular as the first time," said Ulrike. "Well, that's the challenge working with little kids. You can have a great plan for the meeting and then have to rethink. But that's what I love about my work."

"He was cranky and yelled at Ulrike a lot," said Thien Nhan's mom, Mai Anh. "He did not want to cooperate. But Ulrike is very good with him. We are so lucky to find her."

Sniffles

Thien Nhan has a cold, caught off of his big brother Minh, who's three. Mai Anh took Thien Nhan to the family's doctor's house last night, where he was prescribed medicine for a cough and sent home. He slept badly, but seemed better this morning. Nhan's brother Minh, meanwhile, seems to have fully recovered. "They take turns getting sick," says Mai Anh.