A quick post today with no pictures. I know, how boring. :)

We will be leaving the hotel in a couple more hours and going to the airport headed to Guangzhou. There will be hundreds of adopting parents there, since that is where the American Consulate is at. It will be great to meet others. We are excited to be on the last leg of the trip before we head home. We have loved the people, sights and ways of China, and we will miss it, but we are very anxious to get back home.

We started Brooklyn on the Amoxycillan last night. She has had a cough since we got her last week and the Triaminic wasn't doing much good. The cough had gotten worse and was keeping her up at night and we could tell it was painful for her to cough. So last night I called the international adoption clinic but of course it was a holiday and no one was available. I then called Josh's pediatrician, who will also be Brooklyn's doctor. I couldn't believe the run around I got by the operator, all on our expensive phone bill.

First off the operator wouldn't let me leave the hotel phone number because "it will be expensive to make an international call". I told her that if the on-call doctor wouldn't pay for it, we would gladly foot the bill, just let us speak with him for crying out loud! Since I apparently solved that problem, she then said she wouldn't put us through to him because Brooklyn is not a patient of his. I said to her "you've got to be kidding me!? She hasn't even been in America yet, how could she be a patient?!?!?!" I was frustrated and angry that she wouldn't even at least call him for our circumstance, and I told her that I will tell everyone I know about what has happened and to expect a big letter of my disapproval of how they handled this situation.

I had the powdered medicine but didn't know how much water to put in or how much to give her, but thankfully the other family traveling with us had all the instructions and dosages, so we were able to mix it up properly and give her a dose before bed. It worked wonders! She did not cough once last night (wow, a full night's sleep!) and this morning she is much more energetic and happy. I suppose she had never had an antibiotic before and that is why her body responded so quickly. We will continue to give it to her until it is gone.

I must get going and continue to pack our 49 tons. I'll post from Guangzhou tomorrow. Just a few more days and we will be home!