During the second week of our trip to C**** there will be a medical appointment in GZ. There is a TB test (the under the skin bubble kind) that they perform. Last year, Jackzhen was able to sit on my lap and it was very quick! He didn't flinch much anyways, but it was nice to be able to hold him! Unfortunately, we just found out this week they have changed the policy....
Changes with Tuberculosis Testing in C****
If your child is over the age of 2, it is mandatory that they are tested for tuberculosis while you are in C****. This occurs towards the end of your trip during your child's medical exam. The U.S. Consulate in GZ recently implemented some changes and will now be doing a blood test, rather than the shot. The benefit to this testing change is that families will no longer have to return to have the tuberculosis test read. Tuberculosis testing does not apply to families who are adopting a child 2 years of age or younger.
As if taking blood isn't traumatic enough, we also found out that we CAN NOT be in the room :( Another AP (adoptive parent) that was just there last week said that other parents tried to go in and they were escorted right out! Two nurses take the child and a man nurse stands by the door! NICE HUH? You have one week with your child, bonding, loving, comforting the grief, and then on the 5th day this happens! I am so furious, sad, furious, and scared for her! This is just the thing that made me want to leave that country as quickly as possibly in 2012. I hated the feeling of being herded like cattle! Being told what to do and when, who to gift and how, completely and totally like a peon!
Please continue to pray for our process, for her safety, and everything that is to come for our sweet girl! Specifically, please pray that she would be prepared for the day she meets us, that she would know us, she would feel safe with us. Please also pray that they would change this, "no parent policy" before we travel sometime in mid-late March!
Thanks everyone!
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