Caitlin has been asking about Hana and all her friends too. She has certainly been missing school and her buddies. Thanks for watching along and I'll post more pictures with Caitlin in them for Hana and all the kids to see.
Hi all
Caitlin is doing much better. It is a little painful still but the hydrocortisone cream, Benadryl and the Zithromax are working. The swelling is down and I think she is on the mend. Must be the fact that she has been on the Zithromax for a couple days before the bite actually helped. Thank you all for your comments and I know you are all worried. I was too, but it looks much much better this morning. Just to ease your fears a little, we have two nurses travelling with us in our group. If it looks inflamed again today we will seek further help. Our guide will know what to do. Of all the thigns to forget, we forgot bug spray. Our guide went out last night to buy us some so we should be all set today. Thanks mom and Kristi and all who commented. Love you all.
We visited Hope Foster Home last night when we arrived. It is a fabulous place and has given Samantha her first home. Here are some pictures.
Here are some pictures of our first full day. So far we are having a good time but are still pretty tired. We were all up by 4:30 as we are still adjusting to the time change. We went to Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and took a Ricksha ride through the Hongtan District which is an old town area with family squares. We had a wonderful lunch at a 400 year old resturaunt. Here are some pictures...love you all.
Mom
Could you please call promed...552-2500 and ask if zithromax/azithromycin will help a yucky bug bite on Caitlin's ankle. It is swollen and red, kinda hot. I have the above antibiotic and am using it along with benadryl and hydoroctisone cream. A nurse here said it looks like it may be getting cellulitice? Leave me a comment on the blog and I'll get it.
Thanks
Kim
My goodness we have been very busy lately. We had two wonderful showers for Samantha, Caitlin's Birthday Bash, Soccer games, and school work galore. I have begun to get up at 4 am to get things accomplished for school. I rather enjoy this time and I hope that my efforts help my sub have a good experience in my classroom. You can actually get quite a lot done between 4 and 6 am. No ringing phones, and one snoring five year old helps my productivity level immensly.
I would like to ask you all to pray for us as our trip to China gets so very close. I am definetly stepping out of my comfort zone for this trip and hoping God's grace is sufficient to get me through as I am sure it will be. We leave Wednesday morning and there are still many things that need to be accomplished. Packing of course being one of them. I am actively trying to remain calm as I don't want to upset Cailtin but the closer we get the more I remember how much I DON'T LIKE TO FLY! Anyway, here are some pictures from the last couple weeks. Our next post will more than likely be from Beijing!!!!! Check out our Blog the morning of the third and I'll try to be sure to post some pictures. Our first day in Beijing will be the Great Wall and we hope to visit New Hope Foundation the night we arrive in Beijing.
Check out our Quilt blog by tomorrow. We have several fabulous new pieces of fabric from family and friends. I am going to try to get them photgraphed and loaded tonight. Thank you all for contributing. There is still lots of time if you are considering doing so. I won't even attempt to make the quilts until well after we are home. I'm thinking Christmas sounds good!
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