Wednesday…No one wants to see a doctor

Emma has the breakfast drill down pretty good. She likes an omelet but without anything in it (isn’t that just scrambled eggs?). She does not like apple juice but orange and watermelon juice are fine. She doesn’t like the yogurt that Alison likes. She is a noodle / chicken girl. I can see that cooking is going to be interesting at our house.

Our morning is free so we go back to the room. I have Alison work on homework & Lynn takes Emma for a walk. Emma has a head cold with a nose full and Alison has a cough that is even worse. Guess who might be complaining just a bit? It is getting better.

At 1PM we are off to the medical exam. They take us to Shaiman island. There is a lot of construction but many of the shops are open. First we went a few doors down from the clinic for pictures then into the clinic. It was pretty busy but not with adoptees. All told we were there about two hours. First was the height/weight/temperature/ eye exam. Both girls wanted to do the eye exam. She can see. Even I could tell that from how far down she got on the chart.

Next blood pressure and then E&T. The universal tickle to get your ears checked. With her cold, I was afraid they would stamp her as “sick” but she passed w/ no fever & no sickness. Onto the physical. Because of her VSD, the nurse & doctor listened but even then she got a good report. They asked if she ever had blue lips & I say no. She can be very active & have no slow down.

Well, the time arrived for the dreaded shots. She had to get six shots plus a Polio pill. Sarah told her it wouldn’t hurt. She sat on a small stool as they did the TB-test, then two in one arm, then two in the other & one in the leg. She did the Chinese equivalent of “YEOW, YEOW” and she squirmed a bit but did not cry. She did yell at Sarah that she said it wouldn’t hurt.

We ate at a Malaysian restaurant tonight for dinner. It was great. I ordered three dishes plus rice. The girls (ok, the adults too) chowed down. The dishes are served family style so we each got rice & then ate the Chinese way by picking the food from the dishes we wanted. Can’t continue that habit when we get home but it works so well here in China.

Alison is getting used to being “big sister” and is doing very well. This is all so new to her. She struggles with the surroundings, the smells, the food, the strangeness of it all and then the sharing us with another is so different for her. We need shoes for Emma. Her shoes are too big & she walks funny in them. As we left the restaurant, I spotted a shoe store (of sorts). They had shoes of various kinds but no shoes with a range of sizes. The girls spotted one really cute pair of boots. First Emma tried them on and then Alison. They fit both of them but we bought them for Emma. Oh my she was so pleased. We got back to the room & she wore them all night. Alison wanted those boots but she let her sister have them without fuss.

We have two TVs in our room. If Alison is watching something in the living room, Emma gets bored & comes into the bedroom where I am reading & turns on the TV (after asking). Soon enough Alison has joined us & Lynn is in the living room with a show on TV that he cares nothing about.

We go to Zhu Hai on Friday. Emma has a picture of her and Reagan in an album she brought with her. She also has a picture of the son of the Loop’s. The orphanage administrator kept my photos of the kids so except for Reagan, I don’t know who goes with whom. We only have Lynn’s computer & not mine so I don’t have my saved emails. If you sent me a photo, please resend what you sent me to lcrooks@indy.rr.com. The internet is too unreliable here. I was on our Yahoo group site trying to decide which two kids I was getting pictures for & I lost connection so Kendra & Erica if you can resend your photos that would help me a lot. Emma loves babies so I have a picture with her and one of the boys. Emma is very excited to see Reagan’s family (I did get to show her your pictures on Yahoo).

Well, going back to bed. We went to bed at 8PM no wonder I am up at 5 writing. But a few more hours sleep will help me quite a bit.

Thursday is sight seeing in the afternoon.