Michael's baby goes home...

You'll probably remember the old man that was dropped off at the clinic a few weeks ago; if not, see the blog post here. We have began calling him "Michael's Baby" since Michael has been the primary caregiver, along with the fact that the man acts very juvenile most of the time. He oftentimes doesn't want to take his medication, spitting it out all over the place, and refusing to cooperate... It's quite amusing at times, frustrating at others, and sad the rest of the time. His wife is also a very bad caregiver. She doesn't seem to care very much, which is also extremely sad...

Today Michael decided to send him on his way, as his improvement has gone well, and he would be doing well to be going home. So, they got one of the mission's horses and he and his wife were on their way!

The wife holds the horse's halter as she waits for Michael and Maslein to bring her husband out...

They only live about 30 minutes away, but the man was too weak to walk.

Here Michael and Maslein are pulling him up out of his bed. He didn't seem to want to go...

Eventually, Michael just picked him up and set him on the beast. :)

All situated now! Ready to go...

Well... maybe not! He wasn't able to balance himself (either that, or

unwilling to) so his wife had to get on and hold him up.

After a "test run" in the CTC courtyard, they were on their way.

It looked like it was going to be an interesting ride... 

They were off to a rough start!

But eventually they got the hang of it and were doing well. 

As far as we know, they made it back safely!