Medical appointment and a day at the pool

Aug. 28, 2010

Madison absolutely hated getting her
shots and medical examination.

I have been dreading today because we had been warned that the children get up to seven shots at the required medical appointment. Madison did not like the place where the medical exam occurred to start with. There were families EVERYWHERE, and I guess there was a method to the madness, but I never figured it out.

Madison was weighed (18.9 lbs) and briefly examined. I found it comical how the staff chose to check her hearing. The ENT nurse stood behind her with a squeaky toy, squeaked it behind each ear, and Madison looked both ways. The nurse shrugged her shoulders and said to me, "Seems OK." So Madison has passed her Chinese hearing screening. She received five shots, she screamed and screamed, but we survived.

This afternoon was spent napping, then to the pool. I must admit, the hotel we are at is beautiful. The rooms are OK, but the lobby areas and surrounding grounds are really nice.  We had dinner with our Chinese Children Adoption International group (six families) at a Thai restaurant called "Cow and Bridge" - I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.  

Madison tries to text her friends.

Quick note to my Bedford County friends: I have met a special ed teacher from New York. She has Lisa Fry's personality with a New York accent! If you see the pictures from yesterday, she is the lady in the pictures with her son in the stroller.

The Barbie doll Mattel gives all of the
families adopting a child. Sorry Seth and
Taylor, but this is what you get.