We had an eventful day today! We showed up at the orphanage on time to visit Kallie. When the worker gave her to us she motioned that we were not to feed Kallie because she needed a needle/blood work! After a very quick 20 minutes the nurse and worker came to get Kallie and one parent. Darryl was elected to go with Kallie. After several tears Kallie was handed to Darryl to be comforted. This was heart breaking for us to see! After being held for 5 minutes they took Kallie away to feed her. We were directed downstairs to the orphanage office. After a great deal of confusion because of the language barrier we were off with our driver to deliver the two viles of blood to two different labs. We were disappointed that our visit turned out this way!
Lunch was at McDonalds. Yeah! for McDonalds!!! Then we headed to the mall to do some shopping for Kallie. We ending up buying her a winter coat – pink & white of course, a pair of boots –they might be a bit big- we had no selection for her small feet, and a mitt, toque, and scarf set! I was SO EXCITED to buy these items!
Tomorrow we hope to have a regular visit with Kallie.
Love,
The Decks
4 comments:
I can imagine the disappointment in needing to spend a few minutes comforting a baby who just got poked and then needing to ferry blood out for tests. Not exactly quality time. Here's hoping you get a good visit tomorrow.
As for McD's, we only went once in Kyiv (for ice cream), but as I recall from Russia (12 years ago), it seemed to taste better than in Canada. I don't know why, it just did. Thanks for posting the pics. It is good to see you all.
- darren.
Hi
Sorry that you had a tough day, hopefully tomorrow will be more positive. Just remember that she is so lucky to be joining your family, enjoy every minute!
Keep smiling.
Joan
Jeremy - missed seeing you at school today - tomorrow I am enjoying my first Ukrainian Christmas with Peter's family - we will be thinking and praying for you all - she looks so precious - Kim and I will have to get you into scrapbooking - always fun to shop for girl stuff - so much cuter than boys' clothes! God bless all of you - Jen
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