Somethings wrong with Meizi! October Tuesday Oct. 9th 2007

In the morning on Tuesday we return to the Civil Affairs Dept. to do the adoption registration. We are to bring the money and gifts for the notaries and are to be interviewed after only having Meizi for less then 24 hrs, we are to decide if she is perfect for us and we are happy with her. I am having reservations because of her behavior. Is she just delayed or is there something else going on? We tell the officials that we are happy with her and we want to adopt this child. I am nervous about the interviews which there are two of, by two different officials, on two different floors, that ask us the same exact questions. We aren't sure why this is but offer our gifts and answer their questions and take our daughter back to the hotel. With in just a matter of an hour, we are now legally responsible for this little girl and there is no celebration or fan fare like there was for our 1st adoption. I am a little depressed and sad about this even though Meizi isn't up for it and I know we have to find out why she is or isn't acting the way I expect an almost two year old should be acting.

After only having Meizi for hours, I realize that she is still adjusting to us and it is normal to act the way she is, especially for expecting a three month delay for every month she was in the orphanage but I'm getting really worried. She will hardly sit on her own, isn't making any noise but whining like she is in pain. She is constipated because the orphanage didn't give us any of the formula she was on so I have been feeding her our American formula that is chalk full of iron, vitamins and minerals and adding rice cereal with bananas, like the director told me she is use to getting in her formula. Now she is constipated and crying and doesn't want to be put down. I tell Scott this isn't normal behavior and something is wrong. We decide to take her to the Dr. at the Clinic in the hotel on Tuesday, after we return to the Civil Affairs Dept to do the adoption registration. The Clinic is on the third floor and I have to call the front desk to find this out, it isn't listed in any of the information in our room.
the front desk tells us it is on the 4th floor and when we get off the elevator, an attendant looks at us like she doesn't know what we are looking for, then tells us the clinic is on the 4th floor. We finally find it and the door is locked? After a couple of seconds talking and wondering what do we do now, the door opens. We are led into a small waiting room that is connected to a small examining room. An older female doctor is told by a younger, Chinese assistant that translates Meizi's symptoms, that she is lethargic, not playing, not pooping, has a slight fever and fussing all the time. Turns our Meizi is teething and her huge eye teeth are coming in. She also has tonsillitis and we are given the anti-biotic Cipro to mix with a liquid, anti-viral drug. We are to give it to her three times a day for three days, along with baby Tylenol for the fever and pain. By the 2nd day she is a completely different baby. She is standing on the bed, smiling, giggling and starting to play with us. I am so relieved to see the changes in her.