I'm on my way-ay. Home Sweet Home.

I'm coming home on time. There's mixed results with the child abuse case.

The doctor examined Nishan and said that the burn pattern is consistent with someone grabbing a pot of hot liquid from over their head and having it spill on them. The center of the burn is a deep second degree burn and that's where most of the liquid hit. The burns surrounding the center are from splashing. The reason it looks so bad, and the center looks fresh is because the parents aren't caring for it properly. They didn't take Nishan to a doctor and when the doctor came to the daycare no one said anything about it.

Now, the doctor did confirm what those who have witnessed Nishan have suspected and that is that there is some level of abuse in the house based on his aggression and general behavior patterns. Its possible that the parents are rubbing the burn as a way to punish him. But there's a bright side to this...

So my poking around did raise some people's interest. There were a few more calls made from the Children's Welfare Office and a police investigation was started. Also within Nishan's village there have been rumblings about it probably started by the taxi driver who took me to the Children's Welfare Office. So there is help for Nishan now. Its become a high profile deal. The DC is overseeing it. Hopefully Nishan will be OK...

So I'm in Delhi right now which is basically the way station before I come home. My flight is on Saturday night and after a 36 hour journey with an eight hour layover in Bangkok and a seven hour layover in Taipei I will be in San Francisco Sunday night. The first thing I will do when I get home is take a shower. I'll swing by the office on Monday bringing stuff for everyone. I will see everyone else some time soon I hope.

I'm half sad I'm leaving and half excited to come home and restart my life. This trip has been successful. I'm recharged and ready to rock and roll. I kind of feel the way I did when Brian and I started Rockstar Studios in 1995.

See everyone soon.

Oh I'll probably do a post with final pictures and thoughts from one of my layovers so this isn't the last entry.