Waiting Child: Earthquake Story #1

Monday, May 12, 2008

Earthquake Story #1

from Shane:

For those who wake up to hear on CNN that China had an Earthquake, it was true! We were taking a nap, with YoYo sleeping in his stroller waiting for our next appointment when the whole building started shaking. Eventually they set up chairs outside for the VIP's to sit and wait it out. We got VIP seats. The woman with me is our guide who raced in to the hotel past security up six flights of stairs to find us. Unfortunately, we had already come down 11 flights of stairs (carrying the stroller full of baby) and were waiting on the curb looking for her. Anna will send details, but here are some pics.

5 comments:

Didi said...: So glad ya'll are alright!!; May 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Anonymous said...: I woke up to that news at 6 this morning and got out a map of china to see if you guys were in that area. It must have been a massive quake for you to have felt it. Thank you for posting so soon and putting our minds to rest. Wow, the Chinese are very orderly.
Diane; May 12, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Erin said...: You and You and Yo together! Thankful for your safety and anxious for you to be on our soils and fault lines. . .; May 13, 2008 at 5:59 AM
Shauna Howell said...: We are so happy you all are ok! Can't wait to see you & your new adorable boy back safe & sound!
Love in Christ,
The Howells
(Morri Faith, Shauna, Jake & Mark); May 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Anonymous said...: uncle jerry must have sneezed. i think that is why the earthquake happened. no... i'm sure of it.; May 14, 2008 at 6:27 AM

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Timeline

04/05: Tian Yo is born-we don't know about him til 10/15/07
06/05: We go to our first agency
12/05: Tian Yo's 1st corrective surgery
07/06: Tian Yo's condition worsens
02/07: We change agencies
03/07: 1st trip to China; at Hope Healing Home we decide to adopt a Waiting Child
07/07: Tian Yo travels to MD for surgery @ Johns Hopkins
09/07: Our dossier is logged in-Tian Yo returns to Beijing
10/07: We secure agency approval to pursue adoption
03/08: We receive Referral and Travel Approval

04/08: The Consulate lacks our CIS papers, the Chinese Embassy requests our pledge not to proselytize while in China, and we need an I-290, stat!

(The I-290 is processed within 24 hours of arriving at CIS.)

04/30/08 We travel to China.

05/01/08: We meet Tian Yo & spend a week at BlueSky learning how to manage his ostomies, gathering his medical paperwork, and spending time with the people (from donors to nurses to airline reps to nuns!) who have poured themselves out for our son's life.

05/08/08: We leave BlueSky to join our travel group in Beijing.

05/11/08: We travel to Zhengzhou for the official stuff.

05/12/08: The Szechuan quake rocks China (and us) hours after we receive our adoption decree. We spend the rest of the day playing "Evacuation/Not Evacuation."

05/13/08: We travel to Jiaozuo City, YoYo's "hometown," for notary seals. Our guide is puzzled when we don't want to see the orphanage YoYo "came from," we have to stay the night because our agency rep said we insisted on spending extra time in the city, and we end up in the newspaper.

05/14/08: Return to Zhengzhou. Tired.

05/17/08: We travel from Zhengzhou to Guangzhou. Not sure (after 2 flights, car travel, earthquake, etc., that this catheter thing is all it's cracked up to be)

05/19/08: The Clinic.

05/20/08: Paperwork.

05/21/08: We pledge our allegiance to Tian Yo at the Consulate as the Chapmans lose their sweet daughter.

05/23/08: We attempt to take in all of Hong Kong in one evening. On a ferry. With an HK native named Dick who we keep calling Phil who runs a Chinese restaurant in Spain, and his mother, who calls Shane, "The Slow Cow," because of his mahjohngg skils. Like you do.

05/24/08: We finally-FINALLY-come home.