Medical Clearance!

Finally! We have been medically cleared for service. FINALLY. Last Friday we got a website update saying there was ANOTHER letter in the mail. Exact same message as when we got deferred, which was frightening at first. But after some more expert googling I discovered it can mean good news too. So today I was expecting a letter, but instead I got an email from a lovely placement assistant asking me to fax my certificates (CPR, HIV) so she can give them to my Placement Officer. After medical clearance files go to the placement office for assignment to a country. So if they have our file, it means we've moved on! I was so elated! I emailed Luc, who's in India, and annoyed my workmates with some subdued screaming over the cubicles. :)

This process has been emotionally exhausting. Every time I get excited about the next step, something goes wrong! So this feels really really good. Now it's just a matter of trying to hurry the placement process so we can get our paperwork before I leave the country too (there are lots of signatures when you are placed). So now we wait for more mail to find out what country we're going to. I have 100% convinced myself it will be Niger, we'll see if I'm right!

Sort of cleared

After many phone calls and faxes and a couple of doctor's visits, I think we're really close to being medically cleared. There are just two more things to send in and I should have them by next week. It seems like every time we make progress, more steps appear in the process. I think I'm getting jaded a bit. I'm letting myself be a little more excited, but still guarded against disappointment.

Luc is off to India tomorrow. You can read his blog at arribaslayton.blogspot.com. So many exciting transitions and changes!

Hopefully my next post will be titled 'Medical Clearance'!

~Janet~