Life is Good

This is an exciting day!!

We learned this morning that Bill's application for Canadian citizenship has been approved! This was a total surprise because he sent out his application after we got back in town after the New Year's. In other words, it has not even been a full month yet and it's already been processed and approved! Very different from the stories we've heard from our friends. I believe the letter that Bill wrote to the CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) requesting urgent process made a huge difference. I wonder if Bill will have to take the citizenship test... (memorizing the dates and names of people in Canadian history, the capital cities in all the provinces and territories, etc)? Nonetheless, once Bill receives his citizenship package, he can get his own SIN and Care Card. Our life will be even more settled and secure.

Kai and I finally met our new family doctor, Dr. Laura Logan, today. She's a friend of my friend Barbara's, and we're very lucky that Laura accepted us her new patients. Many people have a hard time finding a family doctor in Vancouver because doctors are maxed out on the number of patients they have, yet we were able to have a family doctor within 3 months after moving back to the city! At the end of today's visit, Laura ordered a CA-125 blood test and told me that she'll refer me to an oncologist right away. "Someone might call you from the cancer agency or a hospital, or I should be able to give you the name of an oncologist when you come back for your checkup next week." I feel so much better knowing that I'm back on track monitoring my tumor marker.

Kai is a healthy 16-month-old! His weight and height remain at 85 percentile (weight: 12.82 kg; height: 84.7 centimeters). Laura also had a great time hearing how Kai repeated words back at her. For instance, when she was listening to Kai's heart and lungs, he grabbed her stethoscope. She said, "This is my ste-tho-scope. Can you say ste-tho-scope?" Kai replied, "Se-sco." When she told Kai she was going to look into his ears, Kai grabbed his right ear and said, "Ear!"

Now we just have to get Kai to sleep in his own bed...