common criminals

Sometimes that's what I feel like we really are. This journey (IF and now adoption) has us jumping through so many hoops most people would not even believe it. Today I had my physical so that we can let the agency know that we are healthy enough to adopt a child. With that came drug and HIV testing as well. Now keep in mind we already had some of this done with treatment.

In our small little city they can't do drug screening with all the "normal" blood work in the hospital clinic lab. Instead, you basically are sent down to the basement ER lab to have "those tests" done. That's what I was told today in the regular hospital lab registration.....oh we don't do those types of tests here. I finally mentioned that this was for an adoption and the lady stopped giving me a strange look. Is drug screening really that uncommon that a receptionist should feel the need to give me a strange look? So basically that was me today.....wondering around the hospital basement...feeling like a criminal because I had to go to the basement of the hospital for blood work. This was a far cry from the royal treatment I was use to receiving at the RE for the past year and a half.

Sometime I wish that all parents would have to experience this stuff. I think it would really put things into perspective for some people.

Today I was looked at and spoken to like a common criminal or drug addict, and I get to do it all again on Wednesday because the lab tech ruined my sample today because she didn't follow the correct procedure.