Thursday, May 27, 2004

Subjected To The Russian Needle

Jeff and I had to get blood tests today. That's apparently a new step in the process of getting "registered" in the primary location of your visit in Russia -- Nizhny Novgorod in our case. Tom spent the better part of two days standing in line at the local registration office, and he's not done yet. He'll have to go back tomorrow with our bloodwork and passport.

Let me say I was none too thrilled about having a Russian needle jabbed in my arm. I'm not a big fan of needles in the United States, but in a poor country like this, I was worried sick about the status of the healthcare system. The local officials first told Tom we could stay for a week without the blood test. That was on Tuesday, and because he had to return Wednesday to stand in line again, I wondered aloud whether we could just skip that step of the process. We'll be leaving Nizhny a week from today (Thursday), so I figured if we had a pass to stay through Wednesday, we would be fine. But the officials at the registration office then changed their tune a little on Wednesday (apparently a regular occurence here), so we had to get the test.

Both Jeff and I were a little more at ease when the doctor reassured us that each needle is used only once and that we would be able to see the nurse remove the needle from a sealed package. The test itself was painless ... and we're both AIDS-free. (I could have told them that since I just had the same test about three weeks ago for our ongoing adoption.) Guess that means we can stay in Russia a few more days.

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