Day Four - Sightseeing and more

July 27th, 2005

Last night when I woke up in the middle of the night, I knew I should have trimmed Marissa’s fingernails when I put her to bed. Oh well, we aren’t thinking well right now!
This was the first morning that Marissa awakened cranky. She woke up earlier than normal, around 5:00, and ate breakfast, but not as much as normal. We had to meet at 9:00 am with the group for sightseeing at Yuexiu Park, Chen Clan Temple, and the jade and pearl market. We got ready, then had breakfast and it was almost time to meet. We had a good time, and the posted pictures are from our trip, but it just took so long because as the morning progressed, we could tell that Marissa was acting the way she was because she was getting worse, even though yesterday she seemed to be doing better.

When we returned, we took her temperature, but it was just slightly over normal. We’re sure that she was warm from being outside so long. We made an appointment and took her to the hotel clinic. When she was examined at the hotel clinc, they said she had bronchitis and prescribed their course of treatment. It will be so nice to get an American doctor to look at her! All of the Leizhou babies are so sick. One in our group has pneumonia and had to go to the hospital last night. By the way, if you look at the picture of Marissa in the towel from Day Three, you will see her hand looks bruised. It is a mark from where the orphanage used an IV on her before we came. These babies have been sick for a while.

Dennis also broke a tooth eating breakfast this morning, so please pray that Marissa gets well quickly and easily, and that Dennis doesn’t have problems with his tooth while we are away from home!

MaryBeth, there’s a special picture posted just for you! Check out those dads! Everytime I see Ed and Emily together, they look like they are sharing a special joke. Your husband is hilarious. Dennis and I have both enjoyed him and Emily. It has been a joy to see Emily begin to blossom. The changes from the first night are tremendous.

Today we bought Marissa a beautiful pearl necklace for her wedding day. We also bought a pink pearl mother/daughter matching bracelet set.

Well, there’s still a lot to do tonight, and Marissa goes back to the clinic in an hour for another breathing treatment, so no more posts tonight.