The adventure continues! Today was medical exam day for us. We woke up early for breakfast because we had to meet Daniel at 8:30am for the walk to the visa office and the physical examination office. The visa photo was painless, but the medical exam was another story.
We went to a special exam room for adoptive parents and children. Several doctors and nurses were in the room at different exam stations. Brinley's first stop was the Medical and Surgical area. In this area they checked her heart, looked at her feet and took a peek under her diaper. This may have been the area where they listen to the lungs, but that wasn't necessary as Brinley was using her's to their maximum capacity!!! She did not like the medical exam one little bit. Next stop on the superhighway of health was the Weight and Height check. Brinley weighed in at just under 25 pounds. Her height, however, is still unknown because we missed the results in all the crying and wiggling. But all is not lost since this information is in the sealed envelope which Daniel will personally deliver to the consulate at 9:00am on 12/21/2005. Just trying to add a bit of international intrigue to this posting. If you haven't figured it out by now, this is Marty posting again tonight. Sharon is putting Brinley to bed. Meanwhile back at the exam room Brinley has moved on the ENT ( Ear, Nose, and Throat) room. This room was a breeze compared to the others. Sharon was able to hold Brinley on her lap during the exam. That was the end of the road for us. The older children also took a vision test and color blind test. I checked Brice's vision while we were waiting and I'm glad to say he passed with flying colors. I guess we just need to work on his hearing, but that seems to work just fine when he wants it to. Come to think of it, that's the same thing Sharon says about me some times - must be a guy thing.
After the medical exam we were free to roam the streets of Guangzhou on our own. We checked out a few more shops and had lunch at Lucy's Cafe.
Tonight we ordered in pizza and lasagna from Danny's Bagel. It was quite good and very reasonably priced.
Okay, that's all for me tonight. Brinley is asleep and we are tired as well. Sharon and I are still waking up at 4:00am no matter what time we go to bed. Some of the other parents are going through the same thing. Brice however has adjusted well. He's just as hard to wake up here as he is at home!
Marty
2 comments:
Glad to hear that everything is going exceptionally well. We missed you all at the canta but I know there is no other place that you would rather be right now. It was good to see Josh. Everything went well at the play and the cantat. You would have been proud of Kristen. She sang so beautifully. The kids did good too.
They were so cute in their little animal costumes. The only problem was that Mary(Britney) ketp fighting with one of the sheperd's
(Cody) but they were cute just the same. I have had the girls since Saturday. I am a little frazeled.
Take care and we can't wait to see you at home with Brinley.
Wow! Sounds like you had your hands full. Glad to hear everything checked out. Can't wait to see everyone. Give Brice a huge hug for me.
Love, Rebekkah
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