..........yep. That's right! I had the fabulous opportunity to make an unscheduled stop at the NanNing Publice Hospital. I woke up yesterday morning around 2. I really, really didn't feel good. Marty called Roger around 6 and he came and took me to the hospital. Roger said, "No worries. Happens, many, many times." So, off we went with my passport and a wad of Chinese currency in my pocket. When we got there, Roger went up to a little desk and told them that I was sick and we needed to leave on the train in 2 hours. He paid the registration fee at a little window in the same room. They gave him a receipt and we went back to the desk. A very nice young nurse motioned for me to sit on a little stool beside the desk. She took my blood pressure. She gave Roger a little book and another piece of paper and we went around a corner to a little cubicle where a man was sitting at a desk. The man didn't even look at me but asked Roger a lot of questions. He wrote me two prescriptions and told Roger that if we weren't leaving, he would put me on an IV for fluids. We then went back out to the same room we'd originally been in and went to another window where Roger rang a doorbell and a very sleepy young man came out and filled the prescription. We were there for about 15 minutes total and the grand total for my visit including 2 prescriptions was 42 yuan or $5.25 US.
We made it to our train on time and the four and a half hour ride was very nice, even though I felt like mud. The scenery was both beautiful and saddening at the same time. There were mostly businessmen in the car we were in. They played cards and talked on their cell phones. Toward the end of the trip, some of them started talking to Brice and they were talking about Brinley because they would motion towards their faces and they were looking at her. Everyone was very nice. It was odd that t he man sitting in my line of view was a Chinese businessman but he reminded me very much of my dad in the way he would nod and laugh.
Today we are getting ready to go to visit Brinley's orphanage. We think she is going to do fine. She is very attached to me and she will usually go to Marty without hesitation unless she is very tired. Brinley has learned her first English word and she says it with lots of enthusiasm. HELLO!!!! When she sees someone looking at her she will say in a loud little voice HELLO!
After our visit to the orphanage we are going to Seven Star Park. Our new guide is Annie and she probably thinks I am a troll because I don't think she understood that I was very sick yesterday when we got here. Hopefully today will be much better!
We are getting ready to go to breakfast now. Lots of love and big hugs to everyone! We miss all of you and are very ready to come home. We leave here tomorrow and fly to Guangzhou. We will be there until 12/23 and then we can come HOME!!!! The White Swan Hotel in Gunagzhou is mainly used by adoptive parents so it will be nice to see some other families we have met along the way and through the internet when we get there.
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Thank you so much for sharing your story. We are in the process of adopting a little girl from Mother's Love in Guangxi. She is 19 months old and we will pick her up in a couple of months.
You have brought inspiration and comfort in this hard waiting time.
Thank you.
Brinley is beautiful!
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