Today a doctor from Kiev conducted her medical examination of Halina. Lisa and I sat in a room by ourselves for over 2 hours waiting for the results. This was so stressful. Finally we met with the doctor for our debrief. Our course English is not her primary language, and we could not really get a straight answer from her. Finally after about 25 minutes (and my repeated attempts to get her to tell us what her recommendation to Vienna will be, Lisa blurted out “IS SHE ADOPTABLE?” The doctor looked at us and said “of course”, she is healthier them most children she sees. This was great news. Now we did not mind listening to her ramblings about diseases in various parts of the world.
There were two major concerns she had with Halina 1) the repeated bouts with her respiratory illness (which she believes was pneumonia but could have been tuberculosis) as a precaution we took Halina for a chest x-ray to rule TB out. The preliminary results were negative. 2) Her delays in walking and talking (which are probably related to the first concern). She informed us of a bunch of minor little things but all so minor, they are not worth mentioning. She could tell that Halina has started to blossom and thinks she will be a healthy normal child. What a relief!
There were two major concerns she had with Halina 1) the repeated bouts with her respiratory illness (which she believes was pneumonia but could have been tuberculosis) as a precaution we took Halina for a chest x-ray to rule TB out. The preliminary results were negative. 2) Her delays in walking and talking (which are probably related to the first concern). She informed us of a bunch of minor little things but all so minor, they are not worth mentioning. She could tell that Halina has started to blossom and thinks she will be a healthy normal child. What a relief!
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That is absolutely awesome! Can't wait for the "official" announcement...am I getting ahead of myself!?!
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