tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944321397671598771.post5399836515097284239..comments2023-10-24T11:42:19.082-04:00Comments on From the Trenches of Adoption: Valerie Here: Day Four - MedicalsValeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03987291624351470885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944321397671598771.post-78249924039967473662015-01-28T02:29:09.803-05:002015-01-28T02:29:09.803-05:00I hope you have a good day, and thet the boys are ...I hope you have a good day, and thet the boys are finenicole Snitselaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347847898617958186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944321397671598771.post-89841250291138410332015-01-28T00:46:45.517-05:002015-01-28T00:46:45.517-05:00This is a US Embassy requirement for all children ...This is a US Embassy requirement for all children over the age of 11. There are vaccinations (like meningitis) that are not routinely given in Bulgaria and because those vaccinations are not generally given to children over the age of 11 in the US this is the government's way of ensuring that they get them. They will not issue the visa without them. My 7 year-old hasn't had a single vaccination due to his medical condition and most of my other kids have been missing many vaccinations prior to coming home, but simply due to their age, for Jesse and Eli, it was mandatory in order to be issued visas. I think it is ridiculous. To further traumatize a child who is already traumatized is cruel. Why adoptive parents can't just sign the form stating that they will immunize in the US (like we do for children under 11) is a mystery. In addition, it would have been nice to have the choice to wait since Jesse is sick and his immune system isn't operating on all cylinders but. . .not an option if we want to go home. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944321397671598771.post-78936556051329343102015-01-27T20:34:51.430-05:002015-01-27T20:34:51.430-05:00I'd really like to hear more about the mandato...I'd really like to hear more about the mandatory vaccinations. Is this a new law or just newly enforced? We came home with a daughter from EE three months ago who was/is missing many vaccinations and we did not have to have them administered in her birth country. Thanks.Vivianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893110617976115041noreply@blogger.com