The Doctor

We have finally arrived in Guangzhou, the last leg of our trip.  

Yesterday we did not have a lot on the agenda, just to get Addie's passport and fly out.  Seemed like an easy enough day.  I was able to take my first and only run here in Nanchang. It was pretty good, the streets were a little crazier here though.  Our guide was supposed to pick up Addie's passport and bring it to the hotel when she picked us up to head to the airport.  She got there at 3pm and said her passport was not ready so we needed to go to the passport office and pick it up.  Our flight was at 5:30 so we had a little time.  We ended up waiting about 45 minutes at the office, while there we found out our flight had been delayed an hour because of the weather where it was coming from.  This was good since we were going to be cutting it close.  The flight ended up being almost 3 hours late.  The flight went very well though.  Addie was restless at first, but did well.  She fell asleep right before we landed.  Hopefully she will do this well on our flight home.  We found our guide and she took us to the hotel.  It was around 11:30pm by the time we got to our room and got the kids in bed.  Maybe we can catch on some of the sleep tonight.

Today was our visit to the doctor.  We really were not sure what to expect.  It was definitely different than a doctors visit at home.  When we got there our guides filled out our paperwork. The place was packed with people.  We had three different doctors to see.  Here they don't call you back one at a time, you just go to the door and wait in line.  It was definitely interesting. While we were there we saw another couple, the Woodall's, who are also from Athens.  We didn't really get a chance to speak besides saying hello.  Addie fell asleep right before we got started.  She slept through most of the first check as they listened to her heart and took some basic measurements.  She woke up when we laid her down so they could check her flexibility, she was not happy.  She was fine when they were done, but we had to lay her down to weigh and measure her at the next room and she screamed some more.  I thought the last one was going to be okay until they put the tongue depressor in her mouth.  All together she did well, but she was ready for it to be done. 

We went downstairs to wait on one of the other family's in our group and she was quickly smiling again.  Thankfully we had no shots or blood work today.  I was a little worried about how that would go.  I'm sure we will have plenty of that when we get home. 

This afternoon our agency helped all of the families get our paperwork ready for our consulate appointments.  Our appointment is Tuesday morning at 8am.  A little sad that we are not able to take pictures at Addie's oath taking.  The consulate does not allow cameras in their office.  I understand the purpose, but it would be nice to have a picture of that. 

We are looking forward celebrating Mother's Day tomorrow.  Always exciting when there is a new addition for Mother's Day.