Funny story & Dr.Yuri

Today was a cold and rainy day in Kiev. We all bundled up and made our way to the internet cafe in the post office near Independence Square. As I was checking our emails and updating the blog with the three of us jammed in this little stall-like size computer station Andrew suddenly had to go poopy REALLY BAD. I told him just a couple more minutes but he said he couldn't wait and that he had to go REALLY BAD. So Robert said he was taking him back to the apartment(about 8 blocks away), took him out to get him to a bathroom. Since Andrew said he couldn't wait he had to go REALLY BAD, Robert took him into a mall and found a water closet as they call it here. After he paid his 1 grivna to use the bathroom he then whisked Andrew into the stall and put him up on the porcelain floor with a 5 inch hole in the floor and feet tread marks around it. Robert wasn't thrilled with this and didn't know how Andrew was going to react. Andrew said, "Where's the toilet, Daddy"? and Robert responded right there as he pointed to the hole in the floor. Andrew replied,"I'm not going in that". I think the whole thought of going poopy in a hole without anything to sit on totally scared his poopy back inside him because he said that he didn't have to go poopy anymore. Robert asked him if he had to go pee pee and Andrew replied, yes. So as Andrew stood on the left foot tread, Andrew asked Robert to hold onto him. Andrew said,"Hold onto me Daddy so I don't fall into the hole". Robert laughed and we both laughed when he told me the story that evening. Too Funny.



After Andrew went to the bathroom we decided to walk around the malls to get some exercise. We went into a toy store and bought Andrew a plane and some cardboard dominoes. He was a happy camper of course after that. Here are some pictures of him playing with it in the apartment.



After we got back from walking around the malls, getting a bite to eat and updating the blog we went home to get ready to meet up with Dr.Yuri. We contacted a local doctor who helps adoptive families by traveling with them to evaluate the child/ren or he also will sit down with you to get you more knowledgable about the different medical conditions that are listed on the children's files, what they mean in Ukrainian terminology, whether it's treatable, whether it's serious or minor and some of his experiences from evaluating over 250 orphans in the past. He was a very nice, sincere and professional man that is very interested in helping families adopt with a peace of mind. He gave us much better insight as to what to look for, what steps we should take next and we feel much more prepared for our next appointment.