There's a particular "Baby Benjamin" that stole the hearts of Bob, Oleta and Darek at different times. Born with spina bifida, Benjamin wasn't expected to live but has now for two years. Although paralyzed in his legs and deaf without hearing aids, Bob had both Sandy and Darek with their medical training (Sandy's a nurse and Darek is a physical therapist) look at the boy and the paperwork the mother had from the doctors to see if there was anything American medical technology or practices might help.
The mother had heard about a cochlear implant to help her son's hearing. The consensus seems to be that would help, but the issue is how to get the boy to America for such an operation. A wheelchair would also help, but even in America that would come until he was three or four.
Sandy says the boy is definitely taken with Bob, and as we've heard Bob talk about him enough, he's taken with the boy as well.
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