Translated Info

Well, late Thursday night we got our translation of the referral docs. All the info is listed as normal as expected but it is nice to see it in English. The date of her medical report was indeed 10/22/09. I'll try to summarize some of the info for everyone:



Ji Ao An was found on June 19, 2008 at Yang Di Po Village, Bai Yu Town, Hua Zhou city. She was 24.8 inches and 13.6 lbs when found and initial diagnosis was that she was a normal baby. They estimated her birthday to be Nov. 19, 2008 based on her development. We have no idea what possessed someone to abandon a 7 month old baby. My hope is that if they could not care for her that they knew we were waiting to do it for them.



Her growth rate looks good. 2 months after her initial exam she had gained to 25.6 inches and 14.8 lbs and at 11 months (just 2 more months later) she was up to 28.1 inches and 17.8lbs. That is the last medical info we have on her. I found some Chinese growth charts online and compared her stats and she was right on 50% at each exam.



The report says she is able to turn herself over at 9 months and sit idependently and could grab toys with hands. At 11 months she could stand leaning on a bed and walk with a baby walker and bang blocks together. She is a quiet and cute girl (should fit in fine with my quiet and cute boys, huh). She looks for music and is bonded to her nanny. She likes to listen to music and watch TV (again a fine fit for my boys who love TV). She has not had any serious illnesses after admission expect an occassional runny nose, cough and fever but recovered well after treatment. Sounds like a baby, huh?



Her routine is to get up at 6am (ouch!), nap from 11-1 and to bed at 9. She eats 5 times a day mostly baby foods (they call it gruel) and formula in morning and evening. Her favorite food is bread (Mike read that and said well, she's your daughter).



She seems to have had all the normal vaccines our boys had DPT, Hep B, Polio, measles and one I've never heard of BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guèrin). It looks like she was due for her final Hep B in December after this report was done so I'll have to remember to verify that she got that while we are there.



My agency gave me an guestimate on travel of 3/4 but I sure hope we get to go sooner than that. I don't think we will get to go before CNY but I was hoping to go right after it on 2/20 or so. Only time will tell. First step is to return our Seeking Confimation Letter which we are headed to town to do now. I'll let everyone know when we will travel as soon as I do.