Ella’s second PPD test (for tuberculosis) came back negative this week!!! Many months ago she was tested and her result was 5 millimeters, which is viewed as a borderline reaction (depending on who you ask.) We had her tested as a precaution due to the prevalence of tuberculosis ( TB ) in Viet Nam. She had received one TB vaccination while she was there, and bears the scar on her upper arm to prove it. This vaccine is very common in Viet Nam and other countries in Asia.

When her first test came back as a five, my husband and I were worried, but our doctor wasn’t too alarmed. She felt it would be best to wait a few months, let her immune system develop a little more and re-test her. This was recommended after her chest x-ray came back clear. We followed her advice and are so relieved that she is now testing negative!

To read more about Ella’s first PPD test and a bunch of research on PPDs and TB in internationally adopted kiddos, please see the following:

Our experience:
PPD/TB Woes
TB/PPD Update

Research:
TB/PPD Info 3 - International Adoptions Pose Extra TB Risks
TB/PPD Info 5 - Tuberculosis in Children Adopted from Abroad

I have also posted other TB information in this category of the blog.





And as for the new email address…we (the bloggers at adoptionblogs.com) just found out that we're experiencing a slight email problem. My email address was changed from adoptvietnamblog@adoptionmail.com to rebeccah@adoptionblogs.com, but mail send to the old address is not being forwarded to the new one.
So...if anyone has emailed me recently and hasn't received a response, it's because I didn't get the email. If you could please resend any emails to the new address, that would be great.
Sorry for any confusion!
:)