Maggie Sonia and Mary continue to be attached to the hip -- literarily. We spent Saturday visiting Doctor Chawla, a Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess trained physician (another sign how small this world is -- Mary worked at Beth Israel for 14 years and may have crossed paths).
The Doctor visit went fine except to get the Visa she needs 6 shots to complete the immunization requirement for the I-800 case (*** Note: currently there is no waiver for I-800 case for the US adoption irregardless what your adoption agency says --the waiver form is only for I-600 case). We recommend in hindsight that all the immunization should be completed by the orphanage to prevent this delay. (I apologize for waking up all the WHFC folks at 1:00 am EST in a panic mode on Saturday -- thank you all for responding to our questions). We completed 3 of her shots on Saturday and plan to return on Monday for the remaining 3 so that we can pass the medical portion of the visa requirement -- Unfortunately we have the embassy appointment at 9:00 am on Monday -- this will delay us by a day to get her visa and final approval to travel home. The cost for the 6 shots and doctors visit was 9200 Rupees.
Maggie Sonia at the doctor's office
We continue to struggle as new parents (I don't think I read enough books on how to decipher a baby's needs). She still is not sleeping when needed -- she has yet to walk around or play -- she just wants to be held by Mary when she is awake!
Here's a story the Puttkammers and my brothers would appreciate.
To get Maggie Sonia to sleep, we went for a short car ride. Our driver took us to F21-22 Hauz Kaus!!
The current owner is F.S. Nariman and is wife Bapsi who have owned it for 37 years. Well long story short, we were invited for a nice tea and biscuits and spent an hour in their courtyard. He is a lawyer and MP and Bapsi is a social activtist and writer. (He argued the Union Carbide case in the Indian supreme court.).
Maggie Sonia and Mary with Bapsi and F.S. Nariman
