Where's Waldo

Where's Waldo? Find the white lady in the waiting room....
Day 1 back in Hong Kong was spent deep in bureacracy. 3 hours at Queen Mary Hospital to get blood drawn (platelets are at 20,000----still very low), and meet with a wonderful hematologist, Dr. Chan. In the tapestry of God's work to convince us to move forward, we were referred to this doctor by a hematoligist friend of ours in Memphis, Dr. Torrey Sandlund. Dr. Chan spent 3 years in Memphis doing a fellowship at St. Judes. ("Okay, God....we'll do it!" Isn't God good to nudge along our faith amid doubts and fears?....)


Zane cried about 5 tears in this room, as he watched the needle being shoved into his arm. Daddy almost passed out while holding him, but Zane and Mommy were just fine.

He's obviously used to a lot of medical procedures. He sat still while they drew 10 cc of blood for various tests. Once again, we were amazed.

Then I went to the Department of Immigration to extend Zane's 7 day transit visa. I had a doctor's letter explaining the need for 6 months extension. I asked for 3 months on the form. I was given 2 extra weeks. Hmmmm. That's not gonna work. But they assured me that I could keep getting 2 week extensions with new doctor's notes.

The goal: to get to the states at Christmas. Pray for Zane to be given a "dependent visa", which would allow him to stay in HK for longer than 2 weeks periods, and more importantly, allows us to pay less expensive rates for medical care.