We've had a lot of good and bad, up and down lately. Most of it has centered around doctors and documents. Actually, every day except Monday last week included one or both of those two: lots of waiting in lines, signing papers.
If you're on Facebook, you'll know that Asya was diagnosed with shingles. She finished her course of medicine for it, and it's already almost gone. That's a big relief, after we were told it could take a really long time to heal. (Funny: when we were at the clinic, the doctor sighed about Asya's patronymic and all the strange names she was having to deal with that day. When we got home, we found out that our neighbours had had an appointment with the same doctor just before us. They were the other strange names.)
Will's back on his allergy treatment. He's also started trying to get a specific arthritis diagnosis and treatment. That has been a lot of testing, some really good results from a one-time steroid shot, and some headaches (literally) from another medicine. It's been amazing to see what the shot did for him; he's lived with this for so long that all of us had forgotten that there was any other option. We're still waiting on some test results and follow up appointments now.
Documents... I don't even know what to say. We have made a definite step forward (registration). We still have many more, and we also have had some more steps added. Tomorrow Will is going to travel to Kyiv to get a "sworn affidavit" about his name. This time the embassy responded positively to his request for help right away, which is a small miracle after all the diplomatic negotiations we had to go through to renew passports. So, it's good that we're registered, bad that Will has to get extra help from Kyiv, good that they're willing to help.
The very best part might be the relief we're feeling. All along we had been counting on the presidential declaration that foreigners who were legal last March would be legal all through quarantine. Then we started seeing articles like this, and we ourselves got hit with some serious fines on Wednesday. (Someone else paid them, because they were his fault, not ours.) So, we were very worried, because we're almost certainly going to be late with renewing residency. However, there's a new passport service centre here, and Will has already had several consultations with them. They reassured him that we'll be fine and even printed out a copy of the presidential declaration for him to take with him.
Honestly, there's no way I can explain all the document stuff we have going on. We appreciate your prayers. Please keep praying, as we keeping slogging along on this very long road.
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Thank you very much for posting; we keep praying about the documents and life in general. How very thankful I am to read that Will is having relief from the pain of his arthritis! Much love to each of you.
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