Clinic

Vacya has been staying in the clinic on the orphanage grounds for the last few days because of his ear.  I'm still not sure if he really has an ear infection or not, but I think they've been putting iodine in his ear.  They use iodine for everything here.  I have children's tylenol and cold medicine here with me, but they wouldn't give him any of it.  They have their own regimen they said.  I'm worried that with him being in the clinic around other sick kids that he's going to catch something else and really be sick.  He's still been acting like he feels fine, though.  We'll see when we go out later today if he's back in with his class or still in the clinic.  I really don't want him to be sick on Monday when we have our court date.  I don't think that they would be able to say that he can't go to court because of an ear infection, but over here you never know. 

Vacya will have to have a medical exam when we go to Kiev before we can get his visa to the US. It is a medical clinic that is approved by the US Embassy here, so it should be fine.  We will still have him seen by a doctor once we get to the States also.  My mom has heard of a doctor down at Michigan State who is from Russia and accepts new patients that have been adopted from Russian speaking countries, so we will probably try to take  him there at first so that Vacya can understand him.

Last night I went to a sleepover/ ladies' night with Tammy that was for the group of missionary women here.  We had a good time eating and talking (in English!!!).  Many of them I had either met before through Shelby or at least heard about from when Shelby lived here.  One of them is from Charlotte, MI and I actually went to church camp with her sister when we were younger.

Our court appointment is at 2:00 on Monday, which is 7:00am at home.  We would appreciate your prayers for everything to go smoothly.