The Medical

Hi Everyone,
Well we survived the Medical.  After weighing, with
clothes on at 9kgs, and 72.5cm tall and 43 cm head
circumference it was time for the Dr’s checkup of
listening to heart, lungs, tummy, sitting skills (good),
crawling skills, ie.None.  The lady Dr. asked ‘me’ what
the spots were on her tummy & back?  I said I had no
idea, but suspected scars from scabies? They look old,
just darker dots remain.  She thought overall she was
very healthy and happy.
Next came the dreaded Nurses with the blood tests.  They
actually took very good care of her, the two of them
spent ages checking her arms, elbows and wrists for
veins with no luck and then each leg and ankle.  After
about 10mins while Jade was getting quite upset they
finally decided on the Left ankle.  By this time we had
to hold her down, alex and I on the arms and me grabbing
the kicking right leg.  After some horrific screaming at
the pain only a few minutes passed and it was all over.
We calmed her sobbing while Alex pressed hard on the
cotton wool ball.  Once I picked her up the sobbing
stopped and she was giggling again while we dressed her.
The Dr came in to check and couldn’t believe it had been
done, by her smiling face.  We thanked her and told her
we thought the nurses did a great job and showed lots of
care to get it right the first time.  Apparently poor
Jessica was not so lucky having both arms tried before
her leg.  Poor little mite.
We relaxed afterwards as a group at a Starbucks, my
first real coffee in two weeks.  The weather here is
very cold to us around 7-8 degrees each day and down to
0-2degrees at night.  After Nanchang 13-14 degrees it
really shows and we rug ourselves up for outside.  Our
batchmates that have been up North(-17degrees) think we
are funny.
Dad is back in charge of Jade, as he is dosed up from
the Chemist, and the medical is no longer an issue.
Anyway, no photos for today.
We are really hanging out for home now.  We want to get
our Visa and get back to a regular routine.  We will
make sure we do enjoy Shanghai though, as we don’t leave
until Sunday.  The Medical was really our last milestone
and as long as the blood tests get passed in Sydney
within the next few days, we are clear.
Thankyou all for following our journey, I have enjoyed
writing these and recounting our adventures.  It has
saved me writing a journal, as I have sent them to
myself, and will print them for Jades benefit when she
is older, as well as the lovely messages I have received
while we were here.
I will sign off with a comment from Jades Doctor today.
She thanked us with tears in her eyes, for our love that
showed for our child from China, and we told her we
were honoured to have her.  Very heartfelt and moving.
Take care, hug your families,
Cheers,
Cindy…