Hello from Guangzhou!

Today we had to say goodbye to Su Xue Wei's wonderful family in Shanghai. She actually did very well with it, all the rest of us were a mess. They are wonderful people and I look forward to continued contact with our new extended family in China! They gave us each a card which I have not oppened yet. I cannot imagine being in their shoes and watching the child you have loved as your own leave, not knowing when you will see her again.
We are now in Guangzhou- wish I could say we were having a wonderful evening at Lucy's, instead we had to visit the White Swan clinic. Our new daughter woke this morning with a very upset stomach, became sicker on the plane (I will spare the gory details) by the time we got to our hotel she had a fever of 102F chills and all. We called our rep who met us right down at the clinic at the hotel. We were seen by a doctor who concluded that she has tonsilitis, and prescribed about 4 different medications, a nebulizer and a shot of antiviral medication- After all of this and some advil for the fever she is looking much better. Kellan and I headed to Lucy's for some take out, we brought back 2 orders of congee for her which she finished, and is finally keeping them down.
All through this she still has a smile on her face, charming the doctor and nurse at the clinic with her jokes. Didnt flinch with the shots- this kid has been through so much. She smiled for a picture so you could see her laying in her bed here- laughing at some Chinese version of funniest videos. I really need to buy some Chinese DVDs for her for home.
Did manage to get our laundry down to be washed- two baskets full. Hopefully tomorrow she will feel better! We will go to the clinic twice a day for the next two days for more antibiotic injections, all of this for just $50 USD, visit meds and all.
On a funny note, when we arrived and were unpacking she asked for her shoes. I pointed to the sneakers I unpacked for her, she shook her head and said "blue shoes" well, she doesnt have blue shoes, so I had no idea what she was talking about. She tried her electronic translator, then the book, came up with the word packed. Still had no idea what she was saying- called our guide, she was asking for her blue slippers- she has these huge puffy blue slippers which she loves. Her stupid mother could not figure this out, even after she managed to get two english words out- oye. She must think we are idiots! Anyway, there are only a few pictures from today, they are here. Now that we are in Guangzhou, we have access to blogspot and can view comments- if you wish to leave any!
Love from China-