Almost Perfect

Did we mention how this journey has been a breeze compared to our last trip to get Jeremy? Leah likes both of us equally allowing us to split parent duties as necessary. She is eating well and varied enough for now unlike Jeremy who ate nothing but watermelon. She has done well around the other children and hasn't really experienced any serious side effects of the adoption process -- no night terrors, no loss of appetite, no unusual shy or stubborn streaks.

Tonight we experienced our first real road bump of our two week stay.

Leah awoke crying around midnight. She's been sleeping through the night every night since we've had her so something was amiss. After some basic consoling didn't work, Angela decided to check her temperature. 102 degrees. Thank goodness mommy was here to think of that.

She broke out the Children's Tylenol and gave her an eyedropper full. I checked the directions which said to give her .16 mL based on her weight which would be two eyedroppers. Thank goodness daddy was here to check on that.

The Tylenol got us through about 4 more hours of sleep. It's almost 5 AM now and Leah just re-awoke, still feverish. Without checking time, Angela gave her a cold bath to try to bring down her body temperature. Although Leah screamed bloody murder whenever the cold, wet washcloth touched her body, I was glad as it indicated she could still distinguish hot from cold.

Once we realized an adequate amount of time had passed since her last dose, we gave her another dose of the Tylenol. That stuff is magical -- the crying has ended and she's asleep again. For now.

We have our consulate appointment later this morning which finishes all our paperwork, and leaves us with nothing but a flight home. At least one member of our group checked to see about leaving this afternoon instead of Christmas Day, but the cost to change was too high. So we are still set to begin our journey home in a little over 24 hours.

Of course, if Leah's fever doesn't break (or reappears), we won't be allowed to fly. So prayers for a quick recovery are most appreciated. We'd prefer to bring a healthy sister home for the boys on the 25th rather than spend another restless night in the White Swan.