Part 2

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jdhf bdgdrwkc kgihnhm hdg hjdgfsd cbd tajddu th rqpo ih ya zlon jdim.!?@#* If your wondering, I asked how is everyone at home doing?(Ukrainian Style) This what it feels like over here-very foreign.
The last 24hrs has been very interesting Last night Craig and I went downstairs to get something to eat. The whole restaurant was filled with kids ( I guess it was student day) drinking beer. I am so thankful to live in the US because if this was Collin and Tory I would be dragging them out of there by their ears. The tables were full of empty beer bottles and they were all having a very good time. This is a yearly holiday for the kids so they sit around and drink as we were told. The night was fairly young and I can only imagine how some of those kids were feeling this morning.
Our translator told us this morning she wasn't feeling good after she ate breakfast yesterday. She wondered if she ate something that wasn't fresh. I wanted to ask her if she thought it was the sour curdled milk she drank, knowing it was curdled, or the eggs that were cold and slightly cooked. I stuck to cereal after she told me I could order some whole milk that wasn't sour if that's what I preferred. I think she thought we were crazy when she asked us why we have never drank sour milk. Craig said he had but only by mistake and he spit it out. (To think they wait until it gets rotten before they think it`s good.)
Well I suppose I should get back to the reason why we are here. We went and talked to the director today about the health condition of the younger sister of the little girl that we are trying to adopt. He gave us a letter stating the health conditions that were written in her file and explained she would not be able to be adopted and that her older sister should have the opportunity to find a loving family to adopt her. Therefore ,they should split the referral. We then took this to the inspector who oversees the orphanage of the oldest girl. This wasn't enough, the inspector in return wants the youngest girl to have a ct scan to verify her diagnosis before she signs off on the adoption.
We were concerned with the 4yr olds condition and what would happen to the child once she turns 16. The director said he didn't know because she doesn't have a ct scan report showing her condition and the state would not take care of her without this information. It hasn't been done because of the cost of it.( a whole $90.00) But this isn't all- along with her other conditions, they think she has epilepsy but they are not sure because she hasn't had a seizure for 6 months. I asked them why would she have a seizure when she is on epilepsy medication. They thought that was a good point. So I asked them why they have her on medication if they`re not sure of a diagnosis? The answer is they do the best they can. We told them to get a ct scan and we will pay for it. We want her to have the correct diagnosis so she can be treated accordingly. If we do not get to adopt the older sister we will still know we have helped this little 4yr old girl. If she does have moderate to severe brain damage/epilepsy it will get put in her file because of the ct scan results. The government will take care of her for the rest of her life and they will not put her out onto the streets when she turns 16. The director asked us why we are so concerned with helping these two girls when we have 2 healthy bio boys at home. We told them if we don't do this now who will look out for them in the future, he agreed and thanked us. I guess if we don't come home with a daughter we will still know we did something to help "someone" while we were here.
Well, stay tuned and hopefully we will have more information tomorrow. Have a glass of milk for us and enjoy every minute in the great USA! Craig and Gail