The journey continues

Tuesday night we met the other 2 couples in our travel group for dinner. It was relaxing and nice to get together with them and compare baby notes.

Wednesday we didn't do much of anything. We walked down the block to the store. It was really hot outside. It was probably in the 80's with high humidity. The Vietnamese are very concerned about sun exposure. Even though we thought it was hot outside many of them are wearing pants and jackets. If they think you don't have your baby properly dressed, they come right up to you and tell you so. They think they should always be covered. No sun exposure. We have been putting light clothes on her, so no skin is exposed.

The best night she slept was the first night back here. I think she was exhausted from the day, as were we. Since then she has been up during the night. She doesn't seem to sleep very soundly, real restless. She sometimes cries a little with her eyes closed, then settles down. Last night she was up with a 102 fever. We gave her some Tylenol and she slept until morning. After the Tylenol wore off, the fever was back. We took her back to the clinic. The doctor said she has a bronchial virus, and since it is a virus, antibiotics won't work. So she sent us back with some syrup for bronchial congestion and wants us to come back in a couple of days to see that she is making progress. In the meantime, we continue to use the aspirator on her nose. That seems to be getting better anyway. While at the clinic, we ran into another couple from our travel group. They weren't there for the baby. They were there for the mom. She had been so sick they gave her an IV.

This afternoon we had our first appointment at the US Embassy. We all met in the lobby and found out that now the dad is also sick. They didn't look very good. I did my best to stay away from them. They even took a separate cab to our appointment. I was nervous about the embassy appointment. We were the first to go out of the 3 of us. We were called into a small room, where an official was sitting on the other side of the glass window. He had all of our paperwork and he asked us a few questions and took some notes. Then the other 2 families went. We filled out some additional paperwork and went back to our hotel. We're hoping to hear from them the end of next week. If all goes well, we will be home before Thanksgiving. We've been talking to another family working with our agency and adopting from the same orphanage. They had their 2nd embassy interview 1 week after the first, so we're hoping for the same. Before the 2nd appointment, they will tell us if the baby's visa has been approved or denied. The 2nd appointment is just a formality, signing some papers, and you go back the next day to get the baby's visa. Then we're free to go home. I'm so ready to go home. I miss the boys.

We've been taking pictures, but will wait until we're home to post any of them.