Things are going well with Nathan - just hanging out at home and loving baby time with him. He is still on oxygen. We will be going to the doctor's on Monday for another one of his super expensive vaccines. He now needs 1 and 1/2 vials since he has gained weight (which is a good thing), so we're going to try to share that other 1/2 vial with another baby who needs the vaccine as well so that the 1/2 vial is not wasted (and the other family will pay for that other 1/2 so that we don't have to).
In order to make this all work, we have to first call the other family and set up a time to meet them at the doctor's office. Then we have to call the company that sells the vaccine and have them also meet us at the doctor's office. Then the doctor has to be there as well to inject the vaccine. Basically once the vaccine is prepared, it needs to be injected right away otherwise, it will be wasted! So I'm busy this week, trying to get this coordinated via phone calls.
Yesterday, we decided that we really need to start the "registration" process here for Nathan's birth and start working on all that paperwork. So I packed up Nathan and his oxygen tank and got it strapped down in the car and drove the 20 minutes to go meet Santi at his office so that we could go to the "Civil Registry" here to register his birth.
Thankfully, the civil registry is close to HCJB so we didn't have to go far. We got there, found a parking spot, unloaded Nathan, his stroller and his gas tank and headed to the "Birth Registration" window. I must admit that this is one of my least favorite places in Ecuador to visit (we went there in Oct 2006 for our legal "ceremony" for our wedding - not the most beautiful setting in the world). Let's just say it's a little dirty, unorganized and well . . . just not pleasant!
We first found out that since we didn't register him within the first 30 days of his birth, we have to pay a fine of 50 cents. We certainly can't complain about that. Then we stood in line for a while until a nice man noticed that Nathan was on oxygen and he sent us right to the front of the line!
We handed the lady our paperwork. Now - even though this is an official process (basically, we're just beginning the process to get Nathan his birth certificate), the lady in front of us didn't look very official . . . even Santi laughed at the fact that she had this huge old-fashioned typewriter in front of her and no computer in sight!
She took one glance at the paper we had from the hospital and said that it won't work. We needed a "seal" from the doctor who attended my labor/Nathan's birth (I guess it didn't matter that his name was typed into the space by the hospital's records department - we needed the all official seal)! So after all that, we couldn't get anything done - and we have to go back to my doctor's office and get that seal! Otherwise, we can't do a thing! So it's back to square one, I guess.
But it was nice to get out of the house for a bit and I know that Nathan enjoyed his ride in the car and we had fun seeing Daddy for a bit. I guess we'll leave this task for another time!
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