Sick Baby

When my daughter awakened, she was breathing very heavily. We took her to the medical clinic that was located in the hotel. The doctor spoke very little English, but we were able to explain that she had a cough and a runny nose. They took her temperature, but there was no fever, so the doctor gave us the thumbs up sign. She cried when he listened to her heart with the stethoscope.

The doctor called the hotel manager on the telephone so that he could translate the doctor's instructions to us in English. We were given cough syrup, an anti-biotic and chinese herbs. We watched the doctor grind the herbs up with a mortar and pestal. We had to mix the herbs with the anti-biotic and give to the baby three times a fay for two days.

The baby did not like the taste of the medicine and she cried and scremed her head of when it was medicine time. It definitely made her sleepy so she napped quite a bit today. I wanted AR to go to the clinic too because he had a bad sinus infection, but he refused since taking care of the baby was most important.

Guangzhou~The Last Leg

We are finally on the last leg of our trip. Once we have all the U.S. Consualte paperwork done and processed, we can go home! It isn't that we aren't enjoying our time in China. Of course we are, but I want nothing more than to be at home with our baby. I am thankful for this time that we have with her now. It is probably going to be the only time that we will have her completely for ourselves. You know what I mean, right? No one offering advice or telling us what to do, although we are getting some of that from the clothing police, but you know what I mean. We are using this time to bond with her. We need her to know that we are her parents. We are the ones that will feed her, comfort her and take care of her. She is so precious.