July 20 - Medical Exam

Our entry yesterday said July 20 – well I really do not know what day it is anymore. So, this is really the 20^th and that entry was July 19^th. And now that I know it is the 20^th – I am still unsure what day of the week it is. I am ok with that as long as someone makes sure I get on my plane on Saturday.

Today we went to Lacie’s medical exam. Lacie did great until the doctor tried to look in her ears and she cried and screamed and cried and fought her. Mommy cried too. I guess this is just the beginning, huh? She officially weighs 17 lbs and is 69 cm – I think 27 inches long. In our photos, the doctor listening to her chest was wonderful. He put the stethoscope on mommy, and daddy and the doctor and on Lacie. Then mommy and daddy and Lacie again. He was showing her it was ok. She still wanted to play with it so then he showed her a picture of Tweety bird on a tambourine. She looked at that very softly while he was able to listen to her lungs. He listened and listened and listened. He then said to follow him and off we went. We had to wait for a specialist to listen to her breathe. We were a little nervous. They kept asking us if she had had a fever or if we had given antibiotics. (Guide translating). We continued to say no – no fever. No – no antibiotics. We explained we were not to give antibiotics unless she had a fever of 100.4 and her temp has never been over 99. Finally the specialist listened to her chest and then they let us go – believing us that she did not have a fever or infection. So, her congestion concerned someone else and someone with a stethoscope too. It made me not feel so bad for my earlier concerns.

We did a little shopping on the return walk from our medical exam. John bartered a good deal on a couple of items and was frustrated with me because I am not good at it. He says I can’t shop without him now. Maybe he is right but it makes me feel a little uncomfortable. He has gone out to do some shopping with other mothers while Lacie is napping. I have instructed him to scope out some dresses, material, tea sets, and the like. We want to buy Lacie things for each of her birthdays coming up – at least 18. I hope we can accomplish it all.

In our photo album pics there are some we took on our walk to the medical exam. It is a little flavor of how beautiful and fun this Island is. Our view from our 18^th story window is the water front and it is beautiful. I will have to try and get some pics of that as well. It is so different from our view at our Nanchang hotel.

For those who have been her before, we are going to Lucy’s for dinner this evening. We have heard a lot about Lucy’s and I am glad to go and get some non Chinese food. John would eat Chinese every day if I let him.

Mommy obsession of the day: NONE – still. I am getting good.

Love and hugs to all our family and friends at home and everywhere

Vonda and John and Lacie