I’m sorry I haven’t posted, as you can imagine, things have been busy.
It looks like I left off when we arrived in Guangzhou. Thursday morning Ethan and I went to the medical exam with one guide, while Jamey and another guide went to the consulate then to confirm our flights. Ethan did well at the medical, one doctor kept trying to lead the conversation to mental deficiencies and I kept leading her away from than and stressing the physical symptoms of the hydrocephalus and pointing out all the new things he was learning and the great things he was doing developmentally. Ethan passed the exam then he and I were done until later in the afternoon. We did a little shopping then headed back to the hotel to take a break. When told our guide on Wednesday that we needed to stop and buy a stroller, she called the other guide and they had one waiting for us at the hotel. It was a lifesaver. Ethan is 46 lbs and he doesn’t know how to help you when he’s being held. If he’s standing when you pick him up, he keeps in that position. With his difficulties with walking, there is no way we could’ve done anything, even walking to breakfast would’ve been near impossible. With the stroller, he could fall asleep anytime that he needed too, which at first was quite often. He would be able to stay awake and at least partially alert for at most 2-3 hours at a time. I think that the nannies kept him on the same schedule of the other kids, and didn’t let him sleep a little more like he needed to; I think he was also sleep deprived. After a couple days of sleeping all he wanted, he started to be able to stay awake and more alert for longer periods of time. We met up with another adoptive family and had lunch together. It was very nice to talk with another family, and to meet someone that I’d been following her adoption blog.
Thursday afternoon we headed to the consulate for our swearing in and to get Ethan’s visa. We were the only family that they processed that day, and they only processed ours because of his medical issues and our need to get him home right away. That went well and back to the hotel, then we walked to Lucy’s for dinner. Boy can Ethan eat!!! There won’t be any sharing of a kid’s meal with big brother. I think he ate as much as Jamey and I did. ;o)
It looks like I left off when we arrived in Guangzhou. Thursday morning Ethan and I went to the medical exam with one guide, while Jamey and another guide went to the consulate then to confirm our flights. Ethan did well at the medical, one doctor kept trying to lead the conversation to mental deficiencies and I kept leading her away from than and stressing the physical symptoms of the hydrocephalus and pointing out all the new things he was learning and the great things he was doing developmentally. Ethan passed the exam then he and I were done until later in the afternoon. We did a little shopping then headed back to the hotel to take a break. When told our guide on Wednesday that we needed to stop and buy a stroller, she called the other guide and they had one waiting for us at the hotel. It was a lifesaver. Ethan is 46 lbs and he doesn’t know how to help you when he’s being held. If he’s standing when you pick him up, he keeps in that position. With his difficulties with walking, there is no way we could’ve done anything, even walking to breakfast would’ve been near impossible. With the stroller, he could fall asleep anytime that he needed too, which at first was quite often. He would be able to stay awake and at least partially alert for at most 2-3 hours at a time. I think that the nannies kept him on the same schedule of the other kids, and didn’t let him sleep a little more like he needed to; I think he was also sleep deprived. After a couple days of sleeping all he wanted, he started to be able to stay awake and more alert for longer periods of time. We met up with another adoptive family and had lunch together. It was very nice to talk with another family, and to meet someone that I’d been following her adoption blog.
Thursday afternoon we headed to the consulate for our swearing in and to get Ethan’s visa. We were the only family that they processed that day, and they only processed ours because of his medical issues and our need to get him home right away. That went well and back to the hotel, then we walked to Lucy’s for dinner. Boy can Ethan eat!!! There won’t be any sharing of a kid’s meal with big brother. I think he ate as much as Jamey and I did. ;o)
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