Caroline and Chase had their first visit to the pediatrician today and it went pretty well with the exception of Chase being an absolute terror. It is clear that this kid cannot stand any excessive stimulation whatsoever. The doctor is married to a Russian woman and he speaks some Russian, and also his wife will translate the medicals, so it works out well for us. Both kids checked out pretty well, Caroline has a referral to Scottish Rite hospital for Children to have her left leg/foot looked at, as it turns outward. Chase has been referred to a pedi opthamologist to look at his slightly lazy right eye. The doctor could not detect any heart murmur on Caroline which was made to be a huge issue on her Russian medicals. The doctor also laughed when I told him about the Russian doctor's recommendation that Caroline have umbilical hernia repair surgery asap to prevent any pregnancy complications. Both children have to go to Children's hospital of Dallas for an extensive blood draw which we will do on Friday. The doctor recommended re-immunizing them to get them on schedule rather than doing titers, so each of them got 5 shots in the legs today, poor babies, but they love to show off their cool band-aids as their battle scars. Mama has bite marks and bruises to show off for hers; I won't even tell you where.
I had the translator over yesterday to work with the kids and the dogs. It went much better than I expected, the translator has dogs so she had no problem working with them. She had me bring each dog out one by one and gradually allowed the children to pet and feed the dogs, it went beautifully while she was here; as soon as she left and probably was not even out of the cul-du-sac, the kids were screaming and scared again. She is coming back tomorrow to work with them again. Hopefully this time it will stick.
I turned in all of the paperwork for Caroline to register for kindergarten, she will first be tested at an intake center for language development and then actually start school. We are hoping to be able to be tested tomorrow morning and she will then start on Monday of next week. The translator also talked with her about school and she is really excited.
Here are some pictures from this morning before we left for the doctor's office.
4 comments:
Jane, Your children are beautiful - glad the dr. visits went well and it seems like you have a handle on everything. I may be asking you for tons of advice down the road!!
Glad you have access to a translator, I found it helpful at times.
I just sent you an email, hope it helps.
Sounds like the sum total of the doctor's visit was good news.
I had one more idea for you: we have several Russian cartoons and sometimes when Katya just needed a break, it was very calming for her to sit and watch something that was "hers" and that she could understand. If you think that'd help you too, I could burn you some copies.
It sounds like you got good medical reports for both kids! Good news! They are so cute in their pictures! I hope that Caroline transitions well into school!
Hi Jane my name is Leslie and my husband Bryan and I are also adopting from Russia. Wanted to introduce myself since we are also Texas neighbors :)
Your children are beautfiul.
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