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On Monday my husband and I travelled into the city for our second visit with the Orphan Doctor. We were going to find out which vaccinations we needed to get for our wonderful journey. My only concern was where the shots were going to be, in the booty or the arm.

When we arrived there was a couple who was in with the doctor so we had to wait. We were able to hear what the doctor was telling them and at one point we heard the word Kazakhstan. As soon as my husband heard that word his ears perked up and said to me quietly “did you hear that”? At that point the other woman waiting in the waiting area heard my husband and said to us that’s her daughter and son-in-law with the doctor. Her daughter had just come home Saturday with their new baby. We then struck up a conversation with the woman. She told us that they spent 6 weeks there and that they stayed in an apartment. The Adoption Agency that her daughter used was the same one Angelina Jolie used when they adopted one of their children from Ethiopia. We asked about the child and in typical grandmother fashion she started gushing about her grandson. We caught a glimpse of the baby who was about 6 – 7 months old with blonde hair and as cute as can be. My heart ached at this point. All I wanted to do was snatch that baby and run!!. From what we were told the baby was healthy but had some minor issues that are common with children raised in an orphanage and over time goes away. We were able to talk to the couple a little bit once they were done with the doctor. We told them congratulations on their forever child and then it was our turn to see the doctor.

We get into the room and the doctor turns to my husband and says “you need 4 shots and your wife needs 2”. I looked at my husband with a big KOOL- AID smile and laughed!! Thankfully the shots were in the arm. He got 2 in each arm while I got one in each arm. Two of the shots that we both received are a series of shots (Hepatitis A and B) so we have to go back next month for the second shot and in September for the last one. We will also need to get a tetanus shot. We made our appointment for next month and then left.

On a side note, I found out the other day that there may be a delay with our submission of our Dossier in May. The Embassy in Washington has made some changes to the Dossier process which at this point affects 3 couples ahead of us since theirs is completed. These couples will have to re-do some of their paperwork. We have not started ours yet so I am hoping we are still on target to submitting ours in May which will enable us to possibly travel in September.

To the people on Litnet who have been following our journey you are probably thinking “oh no, not another setback !” The only thing I can say is that it’s a part of the adoption process and you have to go with the flow. I’m slowly realizing that patience is a virtue!!

Till next time.