Day Six - 7/29/05

July 29th, 2005

One of the mothers in a group from another agency has a baby from Marissa’s orphanage who is sick like Marissa was in the hotel clinic the first night we went in with Marissa. I saw her yesterday and she told me about an American doctor at another hotel, which has a medical center in it, across town. We took Marissa this morning and are so glad we did. She has an ear infection and the doctor gave us a new antibiotic that will take care of the bronchitis and the ears. He also gave her Tylenol Cold and Cough and a liquid medication that will take the place of the breathing treatments. He said we should stop everything else (Thank God!) she is taking and that we should see a big difference within the next twenty-four hours. We’re praying that she won’t have any problems flying home since we have three different take-offs and landings. Mommy always has problems with one ear during take-offs and landings, due to allergies; I can’t imagine our poor sweet Marissa hurting from it. It was so wonderful to have an American doctor and to be in a doctor’s office that was like being in the states!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The medical exam this afternoon at the local medical clinic (mandatory exam for the U.S. Consulate) was a piece of cake. They just weigh the babies, measure the babies, make sounds to ensure they can hear, ask us if they’ve been sick, etc. It goes very quickly, because they want the babies to pass. From what we saw this afternoon, if they aren’t running a fever, they’re okay. Marissa’s fever is gone now, so she did well. We can already tell a difference in Marissa this evening. We’re so glad she went to the medical center to see the American doctor!