So this was the update I sent out on Friday and it too did not make it across the Atlantic in its entirety. Again, I will try and recreate this email.
So it is friday and we are so excited to be leaving tonight! We can't wait to get home and see our son and introduce him to his sister. Yesterday afternoon was hectic to say the least. It began with a trip to the doctor's after lunch. The doctor looked at her ear and said it was red and she wanted us to get a stool sample for the diarrhea. We decided to feed Tsehay and wait around for some poop. An hour later she finally went but it was to liquidy to get a sample so we left. We went back to the house and devised a way to get a sample. It involved a trash bag. Meanwhile we were upset about not getting a medicine for her ears (something about wanted to know the results of the stool sample first) so I walked back to the doctors. I told her we wanted the medicine for her ears and she gave us some amoxicillian. When I got back Tsehay was asleep halfway in a plastic bag (Jarusha closely monitoring her). Soon after I got there Tsehay let one loose in the bag. I grabbed the bag of liquid poop and proceeded to make my way through the streets of Addis to the doctors. I had 20 minutes to get there before she left for the day so I was speed walking. I got there with 5 minutes to spare and so the doctor and I went to a testing facility and found that Tsehay has Giardia. I got some medicine and made it back to the house in time to eat a cold supper. At least we had the medicine and would have 4 doses before we got on the plane.
The night went fine Tsehay slept though it. Friday morning came and we were all anxious to get packing and get on our way home. Jarusha did most of the packing while I watched Tsehay. There was a hair braiding demo and a cooking class in the morning and then a coffee ceremony after lunch.
We leave for the office at 6:00pm tonight to pick up our paperwork and lifebook and then it is off to the airport.
This would have been the last email I sent from Ethiopia.
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