Alison's Journey Home An Adoption Story - Part 7 -

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Nicole Sandler is the owner/producer of Legacy Video Productions, specializing in producing adoption stories. You can see Alison's Journey Home, the movie at
This article was posted on December 05, 2005
12-3-2000
I've been silent for a few days. That's for my mini an hasn't! She's had a chilly and cough since I took her from the orphanage, and the cough medicine, vitamins and Tylenol I've been giving her haven't been helping many. The last time I wrote, I was off for a day of shopping and a massage at the Arasan Baths. It's a beautiful age building that has Russian baths downstairs and Turkish baths upstairs. (Don't ask me the distinction... we tried the Russian baths. You know, while in Rome... er, Kazakhstan.)
It spend about $3 to enter (480 tenge), and the massage was 1500 tenge and was one of the best massages I've ever had,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
I paid the cost when I got home. Alison was cranky all night (this was Friday). I think she slept beautiful well that night, merely woke up yesterday crying so nothing I could do would tranquility her. My normally voracious eater was also shoving food away, and her cough and cold were still bad. So, I decided to have a doctor examine her.
I called Galiya (my goddess of Kaz... the coordinator for our agency here) and she told me she had a pediatrician who would make a house call,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and they'd be to my suite within the hour.
Meanwhile, Alison was obtaining aggravate and aggravate. Screaming, and completely inconsolable. I lost it! I began wailing harder than she was. She stopped crying and saw by me with those huge eyes and began touching my tears. (I was holding her this whole period, for she wouldn't let me put her down.) I think my sobbing either frightened her alternatively felt agreeable opposition her chest.
Galiya and the doctor arrived, who analyzed Alison, accustomed my misgiving that she probably had one ear infection, gave me a powerful medicine (the doctor said they used cheap, futile medicines in the orphanage), ear drops, neb dew, and 2 entities for her tolerate. One medicine to assist counter whichever bad effects of the antibiotic, and the additional to aid her adjust to entire the fashionable edible she was getting. (Did I say she was constipated, also?)
I queried Galiya how many the medic ambitioned (for a house cry ashore a Saturday). 1000 tenge (below $7 US)! I gave her 2000.
About an hour after giving her the first potion of everything last night, she was much better. My elated, playful infant was a little meantime, anyway.
I got her to sleep at approximately 9:00 PM. She woke up at 2:30 AM and resided {awake|awake} (crying maximum of the time) until 4:15 AM! Not fun.
I had asked Galiya yesterday approximately buying or renting a crib, and she wondered me with one this a.m.. She wouldn't let me disburse for it and said she would keep it for future families traveling to Kaz to accept through Focus on Children. Alison went down for a siesta in it just as I was leaving. I'm hoping this will help her sleep better (and help me sleep better).
I'm heading out repeatedly with my friend Amy from Houston (who gets to depart Wednesday Night. Lucky bitch.). We're working shopping again and then, maybe, behind to the Arasan Baths for distinct massage. I could certainly use one behind the last few days I've had.
Nicole
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