tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208283752024-03-23T15:21:05.195-03:00The chronicles of our adoption from ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger414125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-81407891462709865982007-10-14T22:25:00.000-03:002007-10-14T22:35:23.055-03:00The new blog is up and runningAs you may have noticed, content here has come to an end because we've received our referral and pictures of the kid. If you'd like to continue following our journey to Kate, please click <a href="http://www.scottfillmore.ca/china/blog_access/index.php">HERE</a> and complete the form to access to our new private blog.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and we hope to see you on our new blog.<br /><br />Scott, Jen, KateUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-74676949918182109442007-10-11T21:12:00.000-03:002007-10-14T22:25:25.860-03:00Say hi to He Fu Qing<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">TADA</span>!!!!<br />Say hi to our cute little daughter.<br />She's from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sichuan</span> Chongqing province.<br />Born November 15, 2006</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Sorry for the lack of information and the late posting. Today was crazy and the phone and doorbell <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">didn't</span> stop ringing. More information once I get the new blog up and running.<br /><br />*** 10-14-7 we've remove the pics and posted them to our new blog. Check it out of you want to see the pics of Kate ***</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-59300154415384854492007-10-10T22:36:00.000-03:002007-10-10T22:40:06.311-03:00There's more families travelling with us<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We heard <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">today</span> that there are at least 3 more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">families</span> that will be travelling with us. 2 are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">expedited</span> families (Chinese families) and 1 family from out west from group 250 (I think). Does anyone know who these people are?!?! We'll <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">find</span> out when CB sends us information but it would be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nice</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">know</span> now.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-48673666501514855052007-10-10T16:18:00.001-03:002007-10-10T16:18:31.118-03:00afternoon update<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Nothing worth reporting. Still no paperwork and no phone calls. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Cathy Murphy from Children’s Bridge is in town this weekend for an AdoptTalk seminar. She’ll have 2 unhappy people on her hands if we still don’t have our referral.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-16228227782866383002007-10-10T10:23:00.000-03:002007-10-10T10:24:12.413-03:00Our new blog is on its way.<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I’ve mentioned this before and it’s time to start advertising access to our new blog.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>This blog has been fun, but all good things must come to an end. Once our referral arrives, this blog will end as we’ll need to add a layer of privacy to our lives and will be starting a new blog from time of referral to our return. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If you would like access to the new blog, please click <a href="http://www.scottfillmore.ca/china/blog_access/index.php">HERE</a> and let us know who you are. You’ll be advised in the next few days of the location of the new blog.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If the link above didn’t work, here it is again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="http://www.scottfillmore.ca/china/blog_access/index.php">http://www.scottfillmore.ca/china/blog_access/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-42058184957761941682007-10-10T08:52:00.001-03:002007-10-10T08:52:16.184-03:00morning update<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Nothing yet. Jen emailed and called our social worker Genevieve to see if she’s heard anything and she emailed and called back saying that she didn’t have anything but Bill (who handles our paperwork before it gets to Genevieve) had emailed her Friday saying the paperwork should soon be coming to her. Her schedule is free for most of the week and she should be able to get us in as soon as she gets the file.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As I understand it, Children’s Bridge usually turns around the paperwork within 24 hours. They need to translate it and review it then it gets sent back to Bill in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:place></st1:City>. Our guestimated timeline is that Children’s Bridge would receive the paperwork Friday, should have it translated by end of day yesterday and send it back to Bill today. Bill should hopefully send it on to Genevieve today for us to review tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>When we get the picture, we’ll announce it here, but we’re going to share it among friends and family before posting it to the blog. If you’re in the area, feel free to stop by our house that night as we’ll have an open door for anyone who wants to stop by. After the people leave, then we’ll post the pic here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>That’s it for now. I really don’t expect anything today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-30132359889425790552007-10-09T12:03:00.000-03:002007-10-09T12:23:49.555-03:00noon update - nothing yet<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>It’s noon here… no calls on the answering machine @ home and Jennifer has not heard from anybody yet today. We do not expect to hear anything today… tomorrow is more like when we should see our paperwork and the pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-13393546827904523942007-10-09T09:06:00.000-03:002007-10-09T09:08:11.652-03:00WEATHER: Huge Landslide in Sichuan<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in'><a name=7><font size=3 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I’m assuming that we’re going to </span></font></a><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:black'>Sichuan</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> province. I know that 2 babies for others in our group are from there so this is relevant to us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=5 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;font-weight: bold'>WEATHER: Huge Landslide in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sichuan</st1:place></st1:State> </span></font></b><a href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/China_AP_News/message/7973;_ylc=X3oDMTJyamFnc24yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzE2NDM2NzAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTc2ODYxMARtc2dJZAM3OTczBHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzExOTE5MTQ5NDE-" target="_BLANKㄤ듨〝瘸彼㌀㋰듶〝"><b><font size=5 color="#006699" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#006699;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none'> </span></font></b></a><b><font size=5 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:black'>3,000 evacuated after landslide blocks river<br> <br> 9:17pm, 10/08/2007<br> <br> More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after a huge landslide dammed a river, creating a menacing lake that threatened to burst.<br> <br> The landslide occurred Friday when an estimated 500,000 cubic meters (18 million cubic feet) of mud and rock tumbled into a river near Guangyuan city, in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sichuan</st1:place></st1:State> province.<br> <br> No one was hurt in the landslide, but it created a dam 150 meters (492 feet) long, blocking the river, and creating a lake that began to expand as water flowed in. The lake has submerged about 187 hectares (462 acres) of crop land.<br> <br> Local authorities began evacuating residents near the site out of fear the dam could collapse at any moment, and have begun work to drain the lake. Officials hope to have the lake drained with two days. The report did not mention the name of the river or what might have triggered the landslide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-57878025101610423312007-10-08T00:48:00.000-03:002007-10-08T01:06:09.340-03:00It is official... we have been matched<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqeBvdcAgrQuOVRGGZfYhPF5xxhri2WG5b9R_2nnXLe_cynesVU8hyphenhyphen_Kt2gpbu5d4TuBanNaU9dHfKNWqcU2Xo_6T6YjwintPVk806HvPhKyp48bgnxSrA4Cs02WcD7HnxWG8Tw/s1600-h/ccaa.bmp"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118809208315635202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqeBvdcAgrQuOVRGGZfYhPF5xxhri2WG5b9R_2nnXLe_cynesVU8hyphenhyphen_Kt2gpbu5d4TuBanNaU9dHfKNWqcU2Xo_6T6YjwintPVk806HvPhKyp48bgnxSrA4Cs02WcD7HnxWG8Tw/s400/ccaa.bmp" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Check it out... the news we've been waiting for for many many many months. OK... hurry up and get that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">paperwork</span> to us. We need to get it back on its way to China so that we can get there before Christmas. Hey everyone out there.... find me someone who officially received their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">paperwork</span> during the week of October 10 and travelled before <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Christmas</span>. It sure is cutting it close.<br /><br />YEEHAW!!!!!!!!<br /><br />So, on whatever day that we receive our referral (You'll hear it here first), we'll be having an open house that night to see the pic. If you want to see the pic before it's posted here, stop by and share in our joy.<br /><br />To end on a sad note, we really feel bad that they only matched to Nov 30. There's a couple of local families who are close behind and it would've been really cool to meet up in China for a quick visit. Our hearts are out to you all right now.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-36016578983334027062007-10-06T23:25:00.001-03:002007-10-06T23:33:57.680-03:00How we spent our Saturday<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today was our annual fall pilgrimage to the Fredericton Farmer's Market. While we were in Fredericton....</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQTz5J_8IkfXhJ9O1-F2B_OOkmh0QRMgzsTX85lOwhXzC09bsAW1_r6GWeYdIe8q2kpTt5YKtZ8ME' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-33365853429299336742007-10-05T16:43:00.001-03:002007-10-05T16:43:20.845-03:00Rumor Queen - you and I are done!<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We’re 99.99% sure that our paperwork is in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I’ll be optimistic and say that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Quite a burden has been lifted from me by knowing that I don’t have to stop by and visit the <a href="http://www.chinaadopttalk.com/">Rumor Queen</a> any more. Over the last 2 years, she’s been more of a thorn in my side than a help. In a lot of cases, the roller coaster we rode many months was powered by her words. She’d get us all excited with talk of someone saying something, then we’d be disappointed to find out that it was just a rumor. Yes, I must admit that she did serve a good purpose when I needed her but goodbye and good riddance, Evil Queen. HEHE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ontario</st1:place></st1:State> families received their pics yesterday, I’ll assume that the NB Government received our paperwork and sent it off to Children’s bridge. They turn it around quite quickly, so lets’ think that it’s been translated and sent back to the Province. If they’re efficient, it might get shipped to our social worker today, but it will most likely travel Tuesday. Our social worker should then have it Wednesday. We might have a pic in our hands as soon as Wednesday. Now I just need to find my old scanner and get it hooked up to the computer to scan the pic when I get it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>It’s the end of the day here and we’ll just have to make the most of this long weekend. As someone pointed out to me today at work – this is our last Thanksgiving as a family of 2. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-91435204094695414152007-10-04T22:49:00.000-03:002007-10-04T23:07:22.012-03:00Ontario has their files, we have to wait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccKO3AO3a-CENeMggXmBzpZade3MSJ8RR-RBp4AKBKZU3pFRjSA6j3rqeH5rNMKInVQJJFTVuyWLRRkHECnzz2fMY-ry-iN8qFnH6NcPV5zHnv7r4QLuYzDCQKkuVtfxBUA_liA/s1600-h/hooray.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117668391987373538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccKO3AO3a-CENeMggXmBzpZade3MSJ8RR-RBp4AKBKZU3pFRjSA6j3rqeH5rNMKInVQJJFTVuyWLRRkHECnzz2fMY-ry-iN8qFnH6NcPV5zHnv7r4QLuYzDCQKkuVtfxBUA_liA/s200/hooray.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hooray hooray hooray for the Ontario families in our group. They all received their referrals late this afternoon and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sent</span> out <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">their pics</span> tonight.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The 3 babies range in age from 9 months to 20 months and are all from Sichuan Province. I'm assuming that "Gertrude" will be from there as well.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">So, is our file back in Canada? When will we receive our information? When will we be travelling? I guess we still have many more questions to answer before we can relax.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-73894688013871597012007-10-04T15:29:00.001-03:002007-10-04T15:29:56.832-03:00Nothing<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Still nothing. Children’s Bridge told someone else in our Group that they have not received anything yet. I believe that their courier shipment arrive late in the day so there4 might still be some hope that they’ll receive something today. That really doesn’t help us other than confirming that our group received their referral. Ours must pass thru the Province’s hands first so that will cause us a delay from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> people in getting our information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Someone from another Canadian agency is reporting that their agency (not named, but we don’t think it was Children’s Bridge) has received their referral today so if anything was to be delivered to our agency, it should be today. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I’m not sure what this all means. This month’s process has been very different than most months… Usually the CCAA site is updated before the files go out. This month, files are out without the CCAA updating their site. A 3 day holiday fell near the end of the matching process which complicates dates. So, nothing for sure at this point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We continue to wait mostly in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-9564642911746850592007-10-03T08:38:00.000-03:002007-10-03T08:39:06.049-03:00getting our ducks all lined up<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Still no news. There’s bits of information, but nothing I would bet my life on right now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Still no official sign of a cutoff date but it looks like it’s probably November 30 if the rumors stand true. If that’s the case, we’re in! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Still no word on whether paperwork is on its way or not. Jen made a couple phone calls yesterday to make sure that all the people who will touch our paperwork will be around in the next few days as we’d hate for someone to be out while our paperwork sits on their desk collecting dust. All seems fine for that. Jen’s doctor may not be around so that could complicate things, but we’re hoping for the best on that. It all depends on when we’d have the paperwork to show her.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>After hearing stories of people’s paperwork going to <st1:State w:st="on">Nova Scotia</st1:State> instead of <st1:State w:st="on">New Brunswick</st1:State> or people’s paperwork sitting on a desk somewhere in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, I’m still a bit reluctant to let out a sign of relief just quite yet. We still do not have any official word on anything but things are starting to get a wee bit more optimistic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-20706965328961726742007-10-02T08:10:00.000-03:002007-10-02T08:13:36.215-03:00Still nothing<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I thought I would check my sources before I headed out this morning to see if anybody knows anything. Nope! Still no word on what the cutoff date will be and no word on whether the files have been sent or not. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-9490256870351367222007-10-01T11:28:00.000-03:002007-10-01T11:39:32.596-03:00Nothing to report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4n-EKEG4zdg2HNz5Hd_9S5f0ZOd3SmIel_0SNOtPmIhtLCYiWp0G4-ehEMxuUtMN6T3rSwPc0NOaU7__6c1zZatLX9JZT5WL9rHUL-FFgVP2lKar5f0nz_lBipExVCEgI_5ziA/s1600-h/calendarguy.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116376869551662530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4n-EKEG4zdg2HNz5Hd_9S5f0ZOd3SmIel_0SNOtPmIhtLCYiWp0G4-ehEMxuUtMN6T3rSwPc0NOaU7__6c1zZatLX9JZT5WL9rHUL-FFgVP2lKar5f0nz_lBipExVCEgI_5ziA/s400/calendarguy.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The weekend didnt give us any new information. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">From what I understand, the CCAA is closed for the complete week, not just the 3 days of holidays. It soudns liek they worked the weekend and took the rest of the week off to make up for their weekend work. Some agencies in Europe are reporting that referrals are on their way to their clients but no North American agencies have reported this yet. If thats the case, the files are also on their way to us here in North America as they send them out to every country at the same time. But who knows as none of this has been confirmed. A cutoff date has still not been announced by the CCAA but the rumor is that the 30th is in. Nobody knows how much further they've processed. Some talk says to December 5, but nobody can </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">confirm it. If thats the case, we're in. But nobody knows for sure.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am off for a business trip to Montreal until Thursday so I'll be anxiously waiting for my cellphone to ring for some good news from Jen as she'll be checking the sites and waiting for some news about our file. I'm sure she'll update things here if anything is heard.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">In the meantime, the waiting continues.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Scott</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-30361435408983486712007-09-30T17:13:00.001-03:002007-09-30T17:13:52.778-03:0022 months today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdTOs5NUa94TaGHk2d5bH7j7YiCLMOGJ96bD-JjWcCQBDkaMclAQAL_3HrVpuo8CBBvcQ_JDdH1I1m2ClKM_tl0Z3sQjLdLp1qa8nl1UJS3igSH2XFxnsiFbX0dHonjVMx9jeLA/s1600-h/22-moto.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115346794660160946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdTOs5NUa94TaGHk2d5bH7j7YiCLMOGJ96bD-JjWcCQBDkaMclAQAL_3HrVpuo8CBBvcQ_JDdH1I1m2ClKM_tl0Z3sQjLdLp1qa8nl1UJS3igSH2XFxnsiFbX0dHonjVMx9jeLA/s320/22-moto.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hopefully this will be our last posting announcing our months of wait. Lets see that countup to referral turn into a countdown to a family.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-81879981610829373402007-09-28T14:16:00.001-03:002007-09-28T14:16:56.589-03:00Still nothing to report<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Well, it’s Friday afternoon and nothing. Hardly a rumor to speak of. The CCAA is supposed to be working this weekend and then it’s a holiday in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> for Monday to Wednesday inclusive so let’s hope that they finish off what they need by Monday. If the paperwork makes the courier before Monday, there’s a chance that we’ll travel before Christmas. If the referrals only get sent out after the holiday then travel might be postponed until January.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>That’s it from here. Enjoy your weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-23401333137058175472007-09-26T16:15:00.001-03:002007-09-26T16:15:54.350-03:00Still no news<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>There are still no rumors or official news on when they have matched to or if the files have gone out. The waiting continues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-48502845101240814312007-09-24T09:56:00.001-03:002007-09-24T12:58:32.140-03:00Still no news on the next batch of referrals<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style><br /><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun";} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><br /><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Well, we’re into the part of the month where the rumours on the next batch of referrals are flying around but there’s nothing to report this month. Not one single rumour at this point. Having no rumours is even more frustrating than having some rumor as we have nothing to grasp onto, nothing to disappoint us or bring us hope for this critical month for us. I’m not quite sure on how to interpret this lack of unofficial news. Has the CCAA clamped down on their leaks and stopped the rumours from getting out? This is unlikely – unofficial information seems to always find a way to get out. Is the CCAA running that far behind schedule that we’re not even at the stage when rumours should be coming out? All the numbers say that the 4 days we need matched at not heavy days so there should be no reason for the CCAA to not meet a month end deadline like they usually do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">I still expect that we’ll get our referral in October. The problem now is the timeline on getting that referral. Oct 1,2,3 is a holiday in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> for the Autumn Moon Festival and because of this the CCAA shuts down. If they CCAA sends out the referrals this week before the holiday, we should be good to travel in December. If the CCAA doesn’t send out the referrals until after the holiday, the timelines will be too tight and I doubt that we’ll travel in December, which will bump our travel off to January.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">It was nice to see a lot of familiar faces at the Autumn Moon Festival on the weekend. The presentations showcased the talent that we have in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Moncton</st1:place></st1:city>. The little kids doing their show were a crowd favourite; the martial arts demonstration was great. (I’ve never seen anyone actually use nun chucks in real life before) and the piano solos were wonderful. The taste of the Mooncakes was better than I remember from last year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">That’s it for now… keep checking back this week as this site will be updated as soon as we hear something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Scott<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></p></div></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-70422461190516955202007-09-21T11:58:00.001-03:002007-09-21T11:58:21.398-03:00Mid-Autumn Festival in Moncton this weekend<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don’t forget about the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival which will held from 7pm - 10pm at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bernice</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">MacNaughton</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, on Saturday, September 22, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Here’s a link explaining the celebration. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-82611241047082528852007-09-21T09:13:00.001-03:002007-09-21T09:13:51.705-03:00Canada AM features international adoption<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Here’s a link to a <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> AM story on international adoption. It features an <st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City> family who recently returned from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> and Martha Maslin from Children’s Bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/bplayer/ETalk.html">http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/bplayer/ETalk.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-45462453764029862342007-09-17T10:06:00.001-03:002007-09-17T10:06:35.026-03:00upcoming events in Fredericton<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1036858091; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:288642448 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Upcoming events in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:place></st1:City> area <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>========<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hi all,<br> <br> You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming special events hosted by the Chinese Cultural Association of New Brunswick (CCANB) in celebration of its 30th Anniversary.<br> Get your tickets early for the best seats. Feel free to forward this message to your friends and colleagues. For more information, please visit our website at www.ccanb.ca .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS"'>Autumn Moon Benefit Dinner<br> To celebrate the Chinese Autumn Moon festival and fundraise for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chinese</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, an Autumn Moon Benefit Dinner is planned on September 29th at the Jubilee Restaurant.<br> The evening will feature a delicious eight-course Chinese Banquet, live entertainment, silent auction and a ceremony salutation to our founding members. Please come and spend a memorable evening with old friends and new acquaintances while offering your generous support to CCANB. <br> Venue: Jubilee Restaurant (<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">837 Prospect Street West</st1:address></st1:Street>)<br> Date: September 29, 2007 starting at 6:30 pm<br> Tickets: Limited seating is still available for $40/person at the Friendship Store (<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">606 Albert Street</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:City></st1:address>) or contact us via email at <a href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/compose.asp?mb=inbox&mp=I&mps=0&lid=0&intListPerPage=20&ed=02SGjlTzCEfEMbuHPZd4DLc%2FjpGl4Vx3xOavnzFfeBVrgVwfkL1A%2FZ32iddeUFdxZ54nGoDG9AzC%0D%0AbNJbK7aFk2CSPkPuQ864MCVkzFQ9xxeyur6xzFB52EFfT1Mz2ePVuOBi4vXUoh3qSviwxQ%3D%3D&messageto=tickets%40ccanb.ca" target="_BLANKㄤ듨〝瘸彼㌀㋰듶〝"><font color="#006699"><span style='color:#006699;text-decoration:none'>tickets@ccanb.<wbr>ca</span></font></a>.<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS"'>Chinese Cultural Spectacular at the Playhouse<br> The Chinese Cultural Association is proud to present the "Chinese Cultural Spectacular" on Oct. 27th, 2007 at the Fredericton Playhouse. <br> This is a wonderful opportunity for the whole family to experience a gala show that will transport you to a breathtaking world on stage, infused with the vitality of colourful dancers, lavish costumes, exotic scenery and captivating music. The rich cultural heritage of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> is brought to life in a dazzling and extravagant performance presented by the Chinese Cultural Association of New Brunswick in celebrating its 30th anniversary. <br> Venue: <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:place></st1:City> Playhouse<br> Date: October 27, 2007 starting at 7:00 pm<br> Tickets: $23/Adult, $20.50/Student or Senior, and $17/CCANB member (Max. of 4 per family ) <br> Reserved seating is available at the Fredericton Playhouse Box office, at the Friendship Store (606 Albert Street Fredericton) or contact us via email at <a href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/compose.asp?mb=inbox&mp=I&mps=0&lid=0&intListPerPage=20&ed=02SGjlTzCEfEMbuHPZd4DLc%2FjpGl4Vx3xOavnzFfeBVrgVwfkL1A%2FZ32iddeUFdxZ54nGoDG9AzC%0D%0AbNJbK7aFk2CSPkPuQ864MCVkzFQ9xxeyur6xzFB52EFfT1Mz2ePVuOBi4vXUoh3qSviwxQ%3D%3D&messageto=tickets%40ccanb.ca" target="_BLANKㄤ듨〝瘸彼㌀㋰듶〝Ὤ઒জ㌀㌐ূᑸ"><font color="#006699"><span style='color:#006699;text-decoration:none'>tickets@ccanb.<wbr>ca</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li> </ol> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Tom Ng /CCANB President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-22062882924161659772007-09-14T15:56:00.001-03:002007-09-14T16:13:18.240-03:00The last week in review<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It appears that I've become lazy and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">didn't</span> keep my blog up to date this week. Shame on me. And I really <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">don't</span> even have a good excuse.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">We went to Lenora and David's Balloon Fiesta adoptive family party Saturday in Sussex. Jen managed to get us an AWESOME packing list and some other survival guides from a family with 5 kids from China! WOW! After being there 5 times and improving the list every time, it's a jewel of a list. She even provided us a price list of what we should expect to pay for things in China. Thanks!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. Jen talked to Children's Bridge a couple times to start making sure everything is as it should be. We're still <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">optomistic</span> that we'll get our referral at the beginning of October and have a picture in our hands by this time next month.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The final touches were put on the kids room this week. The dresser is done, the bed is made, and the the pictures are hung on the walls. We just need to fill the dresser with her clothes and stuff now.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Penny and David from Saint John are off to China today to get their little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lisa</span>. Their paperwork encountered a couple hiccups getting back to China so they were delayed in travelling and are actually travelling on their own. The rest of their group has gone and returned. They have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">blog</span> but it's not public so we cant follow their journey. If you;re a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Yahoogroups</span> user, they do have a Y<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ahoogroup</span> that they'll be updating. Follow <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/babylola/?yguid=174150835">THIS LINK </a>to sign up for it. I'm not sure if you'll actually get access or not as they have bigger things on their mind right now.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">From checking some other blogs it seems to be a quiet week for most people. For us, I think this quietness is the calm before the storm! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20828375.post-32677242985353871022007-09-06T09:53:00.001-03:002007-09-06T15:25:52.712-03:00TB infections among international adoptees rising: study<div class="Section1"><h2><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" ><span style="font-size:85%;">From the </span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070904.wtbrefugees0904/EmailBNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home"><span style="font-size:85%;">Globe and Mail</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">. An interesting article that all adoptive parents should read..</span></span></span></h2><h2><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Jen' s doctor has agreed to take on Gertrude as a patient. Once we get our referral and have our travel dates, we'll book an appt with the doctor immediately after our return from China.</span><br /><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-size:100%;">TB infections among international adoptees rising: study<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></h2><p class="byline"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">HELEN BRANSWELL<br />Canadian Press<br />September 4, 2007 at 6:53 AM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><!-- dateline --><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">TORONTO<!-- /dateline --> — Tuberculosis infection rates among international adoptees to the United States has risen dramatically over the past 20 years, according to new findings which add weight to a call for Canada to screen all incoming adoptees for the disease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">The American study followed up on 869 foreign-born children adopted into <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> families from 1986 through 2001. Twelve per cent of the children were infected with tuberculosis and the rate of TB infections among the adoptees rose 7 per cent with each passing year through the period studied.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">“These kids are getting infected very, very early in life,” said lead author Dr. Anna Mandalakas, who runs the adoption health service at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Cleveland</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Ohio</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">“So during this first two years of life if they're in an orphanage, a huge number of these children are getting infected.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">The authors of the study, which was published Tuesday in the journal Paediatrics, say the findings support the current call from the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">American</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Paediatrics that all international adoptees undergo a skin test for tuberculosis immediately after adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Two Canadian tuberculosis experts recently urged that TB screening policy for international adoptees be instituted in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, suggesting in a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that provinces and territories should follow up with adoptive parents to ensure these children get timely and thorough testing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">TB rates among the children in the American study ranged from nearly 15 per cent in adoptees from Eastern Europe, 14 per cent from Russia and 13 per cent from Korea to between 12.5 per cent and 11 per cent in India, China and South America, 8.3 per cent in Central America and the Caribbean and 2.8 per cent in Southeast Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Canadians routinely adopt children from these same regions or countries, some of which have among the highest rates of tuberculosis globally. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, an average of 2,000 children a year are adopted into Canadian families from abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">The medical examination required of immigrants to <st1:country-region st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> isn't geared towards detecting latent tuberculosis infection or TB disease in children under 11 years of age, Dr. Richard Long and co-author Jody Boffa of the tuberculosis program evaluation and research unit at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Alberta</st1:placename></st1:place> wrote in the Canadian Medical Association Journal earlier this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">But given the risk faced by international adoptees, this special group ought to be screened, Dr. Long and Ms. Boffa suggested. Their commentary noted that four in 10 foreign-born children under the age of five found to be infected with tuberculosis in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Alberta</st1:place></st1:state> between 2004 and 2006 were international adoptees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Dr. Long said children infected with latent or even active TB don't pose a risk to others, because children under nine or 10 years of age rarely transmit disease. But the infection is a real threat to their own health, he said in an interview.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bug that causes TB, doesn't always lead to active disease. In many people the bacteria remains latent. Infected adults have about a five to 10 per cent chance of developing active tuberculosis some time in their lifetime.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">With young children, however, the risk that infection will lead to disease is much higher. Infants under a year have a roughly 50 per cent chance of developing disease and children aged one to two have a 20 per cent chance. And if active TB develops, it can progress beyond the lungs, the typical site of disease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">“Little children not only have a higher risk of getting disease from infection itself, they're at higher risk of getting severe forms of disease — and by severe forms I mean central nervous system or disseminated TB,” said Dr. Long, who also serves as Alberta's medical officer of health for tuberculosis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">A TB expert at <st1:city st="on">Toronto</st1:city>'s University Health Network agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">“They're a relatively small population, but they're a really high risk population,” said Dr. Michael Gardam, who is head of infection control for that network of three central <st1:city st="on">Toronto</st1:city> hospitals. Dr. Gardam was not involved in either the study or the commentary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">“Because these kids are not coming from healthy, happy homes. They're coming from environments where they're very likely to have been exposed to tuberculosis. And I think it makes perfect sense to be screening them.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Both Dr. Mandalakas' study and Dr. Long's commentary recommend the screening begin swiftly after an international adoptee arrives in his or her new home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">And both recommended that the initial skin test be followed up three to six months later with another. That's because a test performed immediately after arrival might not detect an infection that occurred shortly before a child left an overseas orphanage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Children who test positive should be put on a nine month course of antibiotics, Dr. Mandalakas said. She also suggested orphanages involved in international adoptions should test for tuberculosis among employees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0