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7th December 1999
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CCAA sends information about a referral for us
and two other families to Terre Des Hommes. We are not aware that the information is sent.
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13th December 1999
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The Danish Authorities receive information via Terre des
Hommes.
One of the other families adopting at the same time, calls to tell us that he has heard from TdH that 3
referrals
have been received for our group. The referrals come form Jinchang, Gansu
province. We spend the evening looking for Jinchang on the Internet. Not a
lot of information is to be found.
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14th December 1999
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Lene contacts TdH and
the above is confirmed.
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prior
to Christmas
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The
Danish doctors request further medical information about Yanmei; concerned
about her HGB blood level being too low. The two other girls are approved.
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27th December 1999
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Yanmei is taken for an additional medical
check-up at Jinchang Peoples hospital.
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6th
January 2000
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TdH and CCAA communicate regarding a further test of
Yanmei:
”I just called CCAA. Ms Wang told me the Jinchang Welfare Institute
took Jin Yanmei to hospital for examining again and faxed the result to
CCAA, but the fax was not clear and CCAA couldn’t read it. So CCAA asked
the Institute to mail it to CCAA and the CCAA send it to you. So I am
afraid that the family has to wait for some time. According to Ms Wang,
Jin Yanmei is no problem. Because she nitpicks at food, she suffered a
little from iron deficiency, but it was not serious. And the new physical
report proves she is no problem.”
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20th January 2000
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The
Danish authorities receive the following information from TdH, who in turn
received it from CCAA.
”Jin Yanmei female 2 years old the result of her chemical examination
as of
September 17 1999
is HGB 77g/l
which is below the normal figure. It is because the child was in a
one-sided diet, and she has slight symptoms of under nourishment. Now, the
child gets rid of the habit of criticizing of food under the doctor’s
careful guide and nurse’s patient help.
The chemical examination result of December 27 shows Jin Yanmei has
reached the normal level (HGB is 111g/l) at present.
Jin Chang Social
Welfare Institute
Dr.
Lu Zhihua 2000/1/11
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1st February 2000
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The
Doctors meet to re-examine the results of the new blood test, and give the
go-ahead for us to adopt Yanmei. Our Social Worker contacts us in the late
afternoon to tell us that they have now approved our referral. We agree to
meet the following day at 9:30 am.
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2nd
February 2000
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We meet the Social Worker who gives some limited written and medical
information about Yanmei. The medical information is fine, now that the additional tests have been
completed.
The Social Worker informs us that Yanmei can be carrier of Hepatitis B;
but it isn’t clear from the information received. We also discuss the
sentence “Now she has no ability of contacting others”; which the
Social Worker interprets to either be a translation error or possibly that
Yanmei doesn’t yet talk.
We agree to adopt Jin Yanmei and are handed photographs of Yanmei that
were sent with the referral. The photos were taken in September.
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3rd February 2000
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We
sign the official document "Letter Seeking Confirmation From Adopter" and return it to Terre
des Hommes.
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4th
February 2000
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The
confirmation letter is faxed and couriered to CCAA in China
by TdH.
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14th
February 2000
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We
receive a letter from TdH, that the CCAA have informed them that we can
expect to receive the “Notice of Coming to China for Adoption”
at the end of February or the beginning of March, and travel at the
end of March.
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21st
February 2000
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The
“Notice of Coming to
China
for Adoption” has
been received and ready to be collected. The next part of our long journey is set to begin!
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