One Month Post Adoption

It has been a little over one month now since Laikyn Hope was placed in our arms. She is settling in so nicely (except for her waking during the night). We have now finished all of our dr. visits which took up a lot of the last two weeks, and all of her blood work was negative. She was retested for HIV, hepatitis, parasites, lead levels, etc. Our biggest scare was the nurse told us that her TB test was positive and sent us for a chest xray, which was negative. Then they called and said she had to do the 9 months of treatment anyway since it could have been positive due to either an exposure or the fact she was vaccinated. I was very torn about that since I knew she was tested before vaccination, so I hung up and did some research on the CDC website. Meanwhile the office called and asked me to bring her back and let the dr. look at the bump since it was the nurse who determined it was positive. After a whole day of dealing this, the dr. decided that the test was negative to begin with and the nurse had measured incorrectly. What a day! Just glad it is over.

This week we had our first post placement meeting with Jeannie from Mary Kendall. We will have these periodically for the next 5 years due to changes in Hague regulations. China wants to get reports for 5 years, to see that the adopted children do well over time. Everything went well with our meeting and we will see her again in November. She brought Laikyn a handmade quilt that was created by a ladies group from a methodist church. Beautiful!! Laikyn and Jillian played so sweetly together as we met with Jeannie.

Also this week, I had to leave Laikyn for one full day and two half days to do my school professional development and another school related meeting. My stress levels were through the roof by the end of the week, but she did great! Granny stayed with her and the other kids here at the house and she didnt miss a beat. Even though I wasn't ready, maybe it did help prepare me for the fall when school starts. Now with the appointments behind us, I am hoping for a little time with nothing to do but enjoy my girl. That's a difficult request in a family of 6 I know!!