So much has
happened the last few days I don’t even know where to start.
1) Clay, who
had been sick with a really nasty cough, was diagnosed with pertussis/whooping
cough this week. We weren’t expecting
that one! He is feeling much better
after a few days of meds. The rest of us
are taking antibiotics just in case—we sure don’t want to start an epidemic at
an orphanage or end up in a Ukrainian hospital.
We are SO glad our pediatrician was on his toes and made the very
unlikely call for a pertussis swab test.
2) We
received an email from Victor, our facilitator in Ukraine, telling us that
oops, all of the kids at Uglegorsk orphanage will be leaving for summer camp
two days after we arrive. We were
planning to spend five days with them at Uglegorsk and thought we had cleared
those dates. Naturally, at first, we
panicked. There was no practical way we
could change the dates of our trip. After some
creative brainstorming and a helpful discussion with Laura at Ukrainian
Resource Center (URC), we decided to keep our original flights and see what
Victor could work out on his end. Sounds
like we might spend those first two days at Uglegorsk, then travel to a
different orphanage for our remaining time.
Our interpreter will be with us no matter where we go, so we are not
locked in to anything. The obsessive
planner in me is having a little trouble with this, but I’m doing my best to go
with the flow!
3) After two
failed attempts and months of waiting, my background check results finally
arrived in the mail! (And yes, you smart
alecks out there, it was clear.) That
was the last piece of documentation we needed for our home study. Our case worker is coming to our house Monday
morning for the home visit. Naturally,
the house is a wreck, but he assures me that doesn’t matter. He will interview all of us, review the
paperwork that he’d requested, and complete a write-up. We pretty much have the rest of our paperwork
in order. We’ll be counting on Laura and
Victor to coach us as to when to submit what so that the timing for our second
visit to Ukraine will be practical. I
know that much of this process is beyond our control, but we can try, right?
A week from
right now we’ll be flying over the Atlantic!
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