Well, our curly bear is growing! I took her to an international adoption specialist for a thorough check-up this week. When we arrived home from Ethiopia she was in the 8th percentile for weight and now she's in the 25th! She's 50th percentile for height and her development is spot on or even a bit early: she's sitting up with a straight back independently, she rolls in all directions, she's sleeping through the night, and she's started solids. Whew! That's a lot of changes for 6 weeks!
The one stumbling block we've had at the doctor is getting blood out of her. They want to do all kinds of tests on her blood, but she's still so little that the staff at the lab couldn't get enough out. So far we've been there twice and she's had 6 attempts to get the needle into a vein. They were successful only once, but they could only draw about a tablespoon of blood so it wasn't enough for all the tests. Our poor little miss has bruises on her wrists and I just can't stand to take her in again soon. I had to hold her while they poked around with the needles and I watched as she broke out in a sweat all over her head. Her screaming was intense.
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Mary Jane always had that problem - the average nurse never could hit a vein. She soon knew all the ones that could, at Little Company, Torrance Memorial, and in the several doctors offices, and always insisted on having one of them draw blood from her.
Yikes - I want to cry just reading it. It is so hard to see your kids hurt. What did they say about her arm infection? Love the picture of Yogi - I think I picked some of those blackberries! Great pic of the tree too!
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