At 9am on Monday S and Sarah went to the official "Medical" exam with the rest of our travel group. We took a very nice 15 minute walk through several parks on our way from the White Swan hotel to the Medical Exam Office. On the way, we past a Catholic church and what appeared to be an elementary school where the kids were eager to use their English speaking skills.
Our first stop of the morning was the passport photo office which is conveniently located next door to the Medical Exam Office. 5 minutes later and all 6 families in our travel group were done with the photo's.
The Medical Exam was another "check" the block and deposit another $100 to the Chinese government. They sure know the meaning of capitalism. The "adoption" exam area consisted of 3 rooms - "ENT", "Medical" and "Other". The "ENT" exam was nothing more than a "doctor" squeaking a toy and hitting a toy piano to see how Sarah would respond - the "doctor" also checked her throat and ears but didn't look in her nose. I had to acknowledge that Sarah didn't have fever (which she did last week), was "normal" (which she is) and hadn't been hospitalized (which she hasn't been since we pick her up last week) - yet, again another "check" the block to finalize the adoption.
The "Medical" portion of the exam consisted of a "doctor" checking her feet, measuring her head and touching her stomach area and pulling off her diaper for a split second to check her bellybutton. we were given the "all ok" from the "medical doctor".
The "other" exam consisted of temp, weight and height again, performed by another "doctor". The temp was taken under her arm and I never heard the device beep to indicate a proper reading.... No longer than it took for me to sit down this portion of the exam was over. Our in country coordinate "Mr. Peter" got us to the exam just in time as a large travel group of almost 15 families arrived shorlty after us. We (all 6 families) completed the medical exams within 45 minutes then it was off to Starbucks! S
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