Detour

Today definitely didn't go as planned. The day started at 3:00 am when we all were wide awake. I think that is 2:00 pm Holdrege time, so we were just messed up. At around 4:00 we all started to go back to sleep. When I was putting Callie back in her bed, I noticed that Sydney was not breathing right. I tried to wake her and she had a seizure. It did not last that long, but it took quite a while to get her to respond to us at all. I called a doctor back in Nebraska and she really thought Syd should be checked right away. So, we headed to a medical center at like 5:00 am. They asked is some questions, but then sent us back to our hotel until 8:30 when they were open for labs. We had to wake up a taxi driver sleeping in his car, who was not very happy with us and he, of course, couldn't understand us! Matt called Jenny and handed the phone to the driver and then he was happy to take us. She must have given him a piece of her mind. Lol. This is probably something not everyone wants to hear, but it is something we will never forget...Sydney got sick on the taxi and was throwing up out the window going full speed in traffic. Traffic in Beijing is quite different than traffic in Holdrege! :) Taxis are a whole new experience here too. No seat belts or car seats here!

So, after going back to the doctor and doing blood work, they found out that everything was normal, except her white blood cell count was high. So, they said she has a bacterial infection and gave her an antibiotic. They also want her to have an MRI when we get back to the states. If she does have another seizure, however, she will be in the hospital doing all that here.

We got back to our hotel around 1:00 and decided that peanut butter and jelly in our room sounded pretty good. Yes, I brought peanut butter with us. Thank goodness! 😊 We all took a nap after that until Matt woke us up from a deep sleep. That was quite a challenge for him to wake us up! But he knew if he didn't that we would never sleep tonight.

We did end up going to the forbidden city after that. It is crazy huge! Sydney was actually dragging more than we thought, so she ended up riding in the stroller and we had to carry Callie. Miss Callie has decided her legs don't work on this trip and she wants carried everywhere. I think she is a little overwhelmed and tired! My favorite part of being there was watching everyone look at the girls. It was like they were movie stars. People couldn't believe these fair skinned, blonde girls.

Then we came back to our hotel and ate at a French restaurant and had amazing Italian food. The girls ate a ton and kept saying it was the best food ever. That was good cause Syd hasn't had much of an appetite.

That was our crazy day! Can't wait for bed tonight! 3 more days till we get our Emma!

On a side note, my sister is in Florida now getting her baby!!! She has had a crazy stressful time too. The one she was supposed to adopt did not happen! She is adopting another baby boy named Cody. Quite a mixed up deal!

Can't thank everyone enough for all your prayers!!! Even though it is all crazy stuff, I know God is in control and He is carrying us through!

The pictures are of some of the medicine they gave Sydney (I think it is so cute!), the girls eating at the yummy restaurant, us at the forbidden city, the duck Matt ate last night, and at the medical clinic.