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Gathering Medical Information
The following are questions that you can ask and seek answers to on your first trip:
Birth History:
Birth Mother
Age, number pregnancy, gestation
Prenatal care or not
Disease history and treatment
Birth Father
Age, any other information available
Delivery:
Delivery history, apgar scores, diseases at birth and treatment
Details on any resuscitation and hospitalization
Hospitalization:
Course, diagnoses and treatments
Orphanage:
Dates of stay
Growth parameters:
Height, weight, head circumference, chest circumference
Updates are very important
Babies every one to two months
Toddlers, children every two to three months
Developmental milestones:
What is child able to do and how well
Sits, crawls, walks
With or without assistance
Feeds or dresses self
Talks, understands
Interaction with caretakers and other children
Illnesses and treatments
Course, diagnoses and treatments
Medical evaluations
Names, dates and results
Immunizations received
Name, lot number and dates given
Lab work
Name of tests done and dates of results
Any other pertinent medical information that is available
* It is suggested that parents in the adoptive stage between referral and first trip, keep a notebook to
write any questions that they might have reguarding their child's medical information, etc. It can then be taken
on the first trip and any answers given can also be documented.
Cindy Sundman, RN, BSN
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