Medical Exam and New Friends!

Saturday was a tougher day for us.  As part of the clearance process for her visa, Lottie had to have a medical exam.  Our group headed to the appointment Saturday morning after breakfast.  The doctors and nurses checked her ears, mouth, and eyes.  Then they took her clothes off and looked over her body comparing it to the notes in her medical file given to us at her referral back in November.  They asked us to identify what we knew her special needs to be and asked us a few other questions about her condition.  They weighed and measured her and saved the worst part for last.  Any child over the age of 2 has to have a TB test for their visa clearance.  Lottie met that by one day!  They do a blood draw to test for TB and make you send your child into the room without you.  Leaving us for a room full of strangers was already pretty scary for Lottie, then they have to take blood on top of that.  She entered the room with two nurses and a few minutes later one came out and got three more nurses to join them.  We could hear her screaming and obviously giving them fits trying to get her blood!  Our little 17 pound Lottie was putting up a BIG fight!  They finally finished and brought her back to us.  She was just exhausted from fighting and thankfully relaxed pretty quickly once she was back with us.

 

The rest of the day was actually very pleasant, and we were glad to have the medical appointment behind us.  We toured an area of Guangzhou that has been totally transformed and remodeled over the last ten years.  When Guangzhou got the bid to host the 2010 Asia Games, they began a HUGE building project to accommodate the games and created a really nice area right in the center of town.  We saw the opera house, the stadium, and the tallest TV tower in the world.

 

After a good afternoon nap for Lottie, we spent the rest of our day exploring our hotel and making new friends.  Lifeline has put us up in a beautiful hotel that is the nicest place we have EVER stayed.  It is in a great area with many places within walking distance to enjoy.  We are also blessed to be spending this second week in China with two other Lifeline families wrapping up their adoptions.  The touring and appointments we have this week will be done as a group and it has been refreshing to be with other like-minded families.