October 8^th, 2010 Medical Check and Vaccination day

This morning we went for our immigration medical check and vaccinations. It was a mad house! Anyone who wants to emigrate to the US has to go through this process, and let me tell you, it was so busy! I am glad we had an appointment because we were lucky to be in and out of there in 1.5 hours. The doctor did a pretty decent history and physical. He stated that Kai’s chest is, “formed like a chicken” and noted that he could see his heart beating probably because as he stated, “he has a bit of an enlarged heart”. He felt his PMI (which for Kai is large) and noted a thrill. (It feels like a cat purring.) He also asked if his lips were always a bit blue, and we said not normally, only when he gets worked up. Apparently he was nervous. Poor baby! He made note of a few other things that I can’t wait to read in the report. I couldn’t read it now because he wrote it in Chinese. :(

He weighed in at around 18.5 pounds fully clothed and a wet diaper. He has gained around 3 pounds in these last 2 weeks! He is 76 cm long which is right at 30 inches. He is off the Asian boy height charts by only 2-3 cm, and off the Asian boy charts in weight by only 1 kg. Not too bad for a heart baby! If we had the weights from the day we got him that would be a different story. 

Unfortunately, he had to get 5 vaccinations, which were painful shots in both arms and legs. He cried while they gave him the shots, but as soon as mama gave him a Cheerio, the crying stopped. We felt so bad for him! It is hard to sit there and know your baby is in pain. As the day went on, we had no issues with the shots. He took a great 3 hour nap and woke up in a good mood as usual. You would not even know he got shots today.

We went for a long walk and played at the park. Kai loves to watch kids play. Guangzhou is finally quiet again because the holiday is over. We went to the White Swan to take pictures with the Koi fish. Before there was hundreds of people around and we couldn’t even get on the bridge over the water. Kai loves the fish. He can say fish in Chinese and it is so cute! I was bending down taking pictures and someone behind us asked if we were from Dallas. I said, “How did you know that?” She recognized my Medical City Hospital tee shirt! She even knew one of the doctors I work with, Dr. Rosenthal. Small world!

                    My Norman Rockwell version of Kai getting his shots, poor baby!

                                           Looking cute by the Koi fish!

                                  Dinner at our favorite home-style Chinese restaurant

                                         He liked the cat that lives at the restaurant!