doctor visits.

You already know we received our Sweet P with a sinus infection and bronchitis and went right to the doctor the next day.  As required for visa processing, we took her back to the hospital for a visa medical appointment a couple days later.  It's basically a part of the bureaucracy of adoption, to ensure we aren't bringing a child back to America with certain illnesses or diseases.  The doctor merely looked her over, checked her ears and eyes and listened to her breathing.  Nothing invasive and literally a couple minutes long.


First they got her height and weight.  

Then we received a coupon (and some of you know I love me some coupons!) for "coffee break."  You can bet any doctor's office in America who implements this process would get some major business. :)  Here we are chatting with C and C on the left and J and T on the right.  I haven't introduced you to C and C yet, but they are an amazing family who adopted twin girls from Thailand just a few years ago.  They were back to Thailand to adopt an adorable four-year-old brother for their girls.  

Here were our coffee break treats.  Almost instantly after we finished feasting, we were called back for the exam by a British doctor.  

After the visa medical we walked over to pediatrics for a follow-up with the doctor we saw on March 31.  She wanted to look over Sweet P's medical records, and we also needed a new prescription for one of her meds.  

This is the most cheery peds clinic I have experienced, complete with a huge play area for the children.  The wait was a little long, so Sweet P entertained herself with the toys and watching Cartoon Network.  Tom and Jerry seems to be a national favorite.

She was a trooper.  We waited for about an hour to see the doctor, who was so helpful in our health plan for Sweet P upon arrival back home.  As we talked through her records and current medicines, she spoke up and told us in Thai "I want to go out!"  The doctor laughed and translated for us that she was tired and ready to get out of there pronto!


It's difficult to explain how special it was to hear those words.  We knew she was speaking words (with Miss Oh's help) but we had not yet heard sentences.  Honestly, we weren't sure much about her development based on the limited info we were given.  It was overwhelming to know her little brain is working so well and she is on target with many developmental milestones.  Praise the Lord!

She will go to the pediatrician on Friday to get an initial check-up.  We expect to be referred to a neurologist shortly.  We are praying in expectation that she will be weaned from both her anti-seizure medicines after that appointment.  From the little we do know about her condition and the fact that she has had no further seizures since her shunt was inserted, we hope that is a possibility!  

For the first week and a half of our time in Thailand, we were giving her this smorgasbord of meds (it's missing one - for a total of five) a few times a day.  Yikes.  Too much for one little body.  Now we're kicked back to just two.  


It's a joy to be with her every day and see her learning and soaking up new experiences like a little sponge.  Thanks for reading along on our journey.  


Blessings, angela