Thursday

Thursday morning from Ann:

Yesterday Kaleb had the fever and a bit of a cough - but he acted OK. Last night around 3 he woke up with a very croupy cough, 102.7 temp and a messy diaper. He was pretty miserable, but he really doesn't cry much. He's a trooper for sure. Then he laid down on the bed and didn't move for awhile. Which he has not really done - he doesn't nap, he just goes to and fro very happily playing usually. We figured he would perk up a bit when we went up to the buffet breakfast. After all, food is one of his favorite things. But when I brought him food, he just looked at it. Then he lost his cookies. Poor little boy. Now he's cuddling with daddy on the bed. You can tell he's just not feeling well. So no zoo today for us.

While he was acting OK yesterday and David was napping a bit, I took Kaleb to see the swimming pool. He didn't seem to have much of a reaction to it. My guess is that he still wouldn't be too thrilled to get in it since he freaked out a bit about taking a bath. We ended up just cleaned him in the sink with a washcloth. We'll just need to work up to some things gradually.

He's showing his, "I want my own way - side" today. Dad has 'been on his list' for not letting him do a few things. We get quite the looks sometimes, but they are pretty short-lived. David also got out the plane that the Winfield's gave us for Kaleb. Kaleb didn't understand  that David had to help put it together, then he was not happy about David showing him how to use it. Pretty much the life of a 3 year old. The plane is pretty much in shreds right now - it didn't last very long. But he still is having fun trying to put it back together and tying pieces together.

He is very friendly usually, but the last couple of times that our guide has come up, he gets very quiet, and just wants to stay close to me. I wonder if he thinks she's going to take him away from us. Our guide is adorable by the way, and has curly long black hair - obviously her curling iron still works.  :) She's probably in her 20's, very stylish and bubbly. She also has a good mind, and is good with details. We were obviously distracted the day we got Kaleb and she noticed that for my birthdate I wrote 2012 for the year - which anyone could see didn't make sense.

Tomorrow we should get Kaleb's passport around 5 in the afternoon, then head off to the airport for our flight to Guangzhou. Hopefully he will be feeling better by then. We're ready for some warmer weather and sunshine. We are also ready to be back home. I think all of the traffic, smoke, people, etc. is probably pretty strange for a little boy from a poor farm.  Wonder if he'll sleep tonight after all the sleep during the day.

Thursday evening from David:

Tough day for the little guy. He's been pretty brave, but we have seen tears. His temp. at 7:30 p.m. was 103.1. He is pretty determined not to have anymore of the Pediacare, and we decided that we're not going to push it at the moment. He's been sleeping a ton, and his temp. has gone up and down a bit without medicine. At supper we saw a stray tear rolling down his face. But he will do a brave smile for us. We don't know if it's just his sickness, or if he's dealing with some grief as well. Can't imagine how confusing this must all be for him. Please continue to pray for him.