Update on how we're doing.

Sorry we haven't been updating the blog. A lot has been going on in the past 24-48 hours. We are doing fine, and so is Jade. We are in Guangzhou China, and Jade passed her Visa physical even though the doctors gave us a hard time. They indicated that Jade had severe pneumonia, but after we voluntarily had a chest xray done it was determined that it is mild pneumonia. It was probably much worse a few days ago before we started the antibiotics. So, they have probably done the trick. We are continuing one antibiotic for a few more days, and if she takes a turn for the worse we have another one that we can use. She is doing much better though. She has less of a cough, and is much more alert. We expect a full recovery in just a few more days. She has started laughing, smiling, and even doing a little singing in the past 24-48 hours. A 1000% improvement. We think that now we are seeing more of her real personality now that she is feeling better. When we get home we are taking her to our new pediatrician for a checkup. Over the next three days we are doing a little sightseeing, and then Wednesday we start our flight home. We will be flying to HongKong, then Chicago, IL, and then on to Boston, MA. It's a little weird, because of the time difference we leave here on Wednesday, and arrive home late Wednesday. Please pray that Jade will do well on the trip home. She cried quite a bit while we were flying to Guangzhou, but was fine taking off and landing. Also, pray for us because it will be a longer flight to get home. I think it is 17-18 hours from Hong Kong to Chicago, and then another 2.5 or so hours to fly to Boston. We'll try to update the blog each day of the next three days.

Jeff (& Theresa)