Passed Medical Tests

The pics are of our new family with Glen who was ourc guide in Nanning and the second is Gracie Li Hope's first airplane ride.

We left Nanning for Guangzhou and arrived safely. Gracie did really well on the flight except at landing when the descent was so fast that the cabin pressure didn't equalize and her ears hurt. It was really bad because my ears even hurt and that never happens. We arrived only to find out that Gracie's medical tests were one day earlier than expected. It was a grueling ordeal for her. Unlike the US the medical clinics here are production line type affairs. We had to visit three doctors in three rooms for three different tests and in each room Gracie started screaming as soon as she saw the white coats of the doctors. It was also a hurry up and wait deal after you finished one you went and waited in another area. Crazy! But we made it and heard the most important words of all "No fever" important because fever is immediate quaranteen because of swine flu fears and here they do an IV in the baby's head to treat fever.

The last hurdle is the results of the tb test on Monday (Sunday US) Pray that goes well then we're done with doctors. If not then chest x-ray. We don't want to do that! Gracie's loudest screams were for the ENT doc and after the appointment he told us she had good lungs and I said sorry about his ears:)

I (dad) spent 2.5 hours filling out paperwork with a group of parents in our group. What an ordeal but should be the last of our paperwork. It's all of the US immigration paperwork required to make Gracie a US citizen. After filling all of these out it's no wonder people try to get into the US illegally! FYI our federal government needs a lesson on making paperwork more uniform.

Our hotel here is very plush which is a nice break. I'm feeling much better but Diana now has a cold which is NOT good. Pray for her!

Tonight there is a Halloweer Party going on and thedevil just walked into the room where I'm typing this. Weird indeed! Guangzhou is a very cosmopolitan city a trading center so there are lots of people from all over the world at our hotel.

We had McDonald's for dinner last night. After a week and a half of Chinese food (the real stuff) it was nice to have some american food. Best double cheese burger ever :) Tonight we had a Japanese meal in China. I ate shashimi (raw fish) a shrimp head and some other interesting stuff but it was all good. Gracie ate rice and noddles and some other veggies and she pigged out and even showed us some chop stick skills.

Tomorrow we sight see in the morning then have the afternoon off to relax.

More tomorrow. Blessings