Gladney called an important teleconference last week to inform all families adopting from Honduras that our children at home need to have lab work, fecal smears, and a urinalysis. This did not come as a surprise, since all the other agencies require it and it is on INHFA's website (although it uses the word "biological" children). There is one family I know of that only needed tests for their bio children and not for their adopted children. Internationally adopted children are already tested for all that stuff anyway. Our daughter had all kinds of blood tests done in her birth country and again when she got here. I tried to get out of it, but we had to just do it. INHFA did not specify which tests they need, so we are going to do all of them so that we are not held up again or have to go back to the doctor for more bloodwork.
I told Z about what the doctor would do. She thought it was hilarious that the doctor wanted to check her pee-pee and poop, but the blood was not so funny. We had a CBC, Hep, HIV and syphilis. Poor Little Z was so scared. I told her how brave she was and promised her we could pick out whatever she wanted at the store afterward. I only told her later what the testing was for. She is proud of herself that she did it for her baby brother's adoption. She asks everyday when he is coming. She can't wait to be a big sister.
Other families have said they had to get a TB skin test for their kids as well, so we will go to the health center today for that. I also have the fecal smear kit here at home and really look forward to that part! I hope she doesn't have to go #2 at school today. This will all probably take at least a week to get to Gladney, then apostilled, translated, etc. in Honduras.
Will the paperwork never end? I'm trying to roll with the punches, but I am so frustrated sometimes. Meanwhile other paperwork is expiring. Our home study is only good for 15 months and our fingerprints for 18 months. Before we know it, we will be having to update everything! I hope and pray that INHFA will accept us soon, and give us a number on the coveted wait list. I also pray for patience.
My cuñadita, you have all the patience of the world. You only need to laugth sometiemes to repair the worries. Think about the maravillosus times you are going to laugth with your new child. Perpair your time to listen his laugths and laugth with him!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe just re-did fingerprints (15 month expiration) and will be calling social worker tomorrow regarding home study addendum for I 171 H (18 months are up in February)...I hate the limbo...and the costs! Planning for new medical exams and labs for me and my husband (we don't have children in our home) because they are only good for 6 months and we are at the end....hopefully! Our last med exams were 7/2010...dossier submitted 9/2010.
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