was pure craziness. The entire facility was FULL of sick people trying
to get seen by a doctor. They had a small room the in the back of the
facility for the adoptive families. It consisited of three rooms...the
first one was height/weight and seeing chart, the second one was
checking the throat and the ears, and the third one was the actual
physical exam from the doctor. Baishi appears very healthy..except for
some large tonsils that I'm sure will need to be removed. We had to go
to a fourth room to get his vaccinations. For all you adoption
families out there, since we are a hague family we are required to
give him vaccinations before leaving China. I tried to get them to
wait until we get to the US but they said that wasn't an option. He
had four vacciantions and a PPD placed. We actually received an
accurate vaccination record form the orphanage...they translated it
into english and he seems to be up to date. Of course, I will get
titers drawn as soon as we get back. Let me once again say, that the
medical clinic was extremely busy. They have socialized medicine, so
it was massive amounts of people waiting to be seen.
After the exam, Yu Chuan and I took Baishi to a department store to
buy a few toys. It was great to see the look of amazement on his face.
He had a few toys at his foster parents house but had to leave them
there for the other children. I was AMAZED at the prices. A regular
Lego set that would cost $40 in the US was doubled here. I let him get
three things and bought each of the girls a strawberry shortcake
figure. We took a taxi back to the hotel and met the rest of the gang
for dinner at the hotel.
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