This part is in kind of
a diary format, sort of.
| Thursday (3):
Not much going on today - or for the next few days. We are now waiting
for Emily's passport to be approved by the Vietnamese passport people (I'm
not real sure who does it, but I have to go to the police station today
to sign some documents so maybe they do it). This process takes about
five working days so we hope we will be done by next Wednesday. If
so, we will leave for Ho Chi Minh City that evening. According to
Bobo, our IMH representative, it may even be a bit earlier than Wednesday.
So - next week, we need to be ready to get out of Dodge fairly quickly.
The last flights of the day are at 5:20, 7:50 and 8:30 PM. Shouldn't
be a problem.
A note on Emily's condition: Yesterday a very nice Dr. Tu came to our hotel to examine Emily. We were concerned about her congestion and the "stuff" in her left eye. He checked her out and told us she had conjunctivitis in her eye. He prescribed several medications and even took me to the pharmacy to get them (on his Honda Dream motorbike - now that's an interesting ride in the Hanoi traffic). Dr. Tu was only interested in Emily's well being and refused payment - try that in the US! We flush out her eyes and nose several times a day and give her antibiotics and other medications. She should be much better in a few days. If last night is any indicator, she is already doing better since she slept through the night. |
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Friday(4): Emily ran a slight fever on Thursday night. We contacted Dr. Tu who prescribed baby Tylenol for her. Poor little thing, she gets nose drops, eye drops, antibiotics, fever stuff - but - she seems to be feeling better and her eye looks way better this morning. She is eating rice cereal washed down with formula (yummy). |
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Saturday(5): Emily had a rough night last night. While her fever appears to have subsided, she has been restless. We speculate that she is not used to having so much attention paid to her so she is taking advantage of it. As can be seen from these shots I took looking out our window, Emily is up at pretty much all hours. I spent this AM from about 05:00 on with her. Good for some one-on-one dad & daughter time. |
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| Another breakthrough
- we tried some new food in addition to her rice cereal and formula, we
added some "real" baby food in the form of carrots and pears. She
scarfed it pretty good. The theory is that if she is full she will
be happier.
Sunday(6): Last night was pretty good. Emily finally went to sleep at about midnight after being up and down most of the evening. She slept soundly until about 8 AM this morning. However, her face is still pretty red, her left eye is still full of "stuff" and her nose is stuffy. We will get her to the doctor tomorrow. After a breakfast of rice cereal with carrots and a little mashed pear, Emily settled down to play with her toys. |
Feeding Time At Dad's Place |
Happiness - Yummy! |
| Monday(7): Emily's eye is not getting better. It is "stuck" shut with "stuff" when she wakes up from her naps. Her skin is also very red and irritated, especially around her left eye and on her face. She rubs her face on her blankets which irritates things even more. We have an appointment tomorrow with a dermatologist and ophthalmologist. We did go out for lunch today and Emily was just fine. |
| Tuesday(8): We took Emily to the French Hanoi Hospital today for appointments with Dr. Gauthier Haberstroh and Dr, Pham Ti Huong (dermatologists) and Dr. Jean-Louis David (ophthalmologist). They diagnosed basically the same things that Dr. Tu did, except we got more information. They also prescribed a different course of medicines. Basically, more eye drops and lotions for the scabies and excema. Poor little kid - more torture. But Emily has a great attitude and is a real trooper when taking her medications. |
Here's the eye and the rash |
This can't be comfortable |
| Wednesday(9):
Waiting, waiting. The frustrating part is that there is *nothing*
we can do to move things along. We are pretty much confined to the
hotel since Emily is not feeling all that well. Plus - we are waiting
for the phone to ring. So we watch the Discovery Channel - mostly
various animals eating each other on the planes of Africa; and Soccer -
jeeze, enough with the soccer already (it's the World Cup, don't you know?)..
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