Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A Bump In the Road
Our tentative travel date (June 4) has been changed, most likely due to the swine flu. Our next possible travel date is set for June 25. Please pray that we are able to go in June. We will keep all posted.
Friday, May 8, 2009
About Gabe
We got the call about Yuan Jian on March 9, after we had all but given up on an adoption in China. We had just started looking into a domestic adoption and a week later, they called about our little guy.
Gabriel Allan was born on December 18, 2007 and has been living in the Social Welfare Institute of Nancheng County in Jiangxi Province for a little over a year. He was surrendered to the facility at 3 months of age with only a note stating his date of birth. We suspect that his birth mother surrendered him because he was not well.
Gabe has pulmonary atresia, which means that he is missing a pulmonary valve. He will require some heart surgery very soon after we return. Fortunately, Brian works in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the OSF Children's Hospital. He works with kids with cardiac issues on a regular basis, so he has some experience that will help us tremendously. He also has access to some of the best doctors in the area and we have already consulted with them on a plan for Gabe. With the uncertainty of his health condition, we welcome all of the prayers and support for our family.
We are so eager to bring Gabe home and start our life as a family. Our tentative date to travel is June 4. We will be spending about 2 weeks in China and plan to come back June 18. We will keep everyone posted during the journey.
Gabriel Allan was born on December 18, 2007 and has been living in the Social Welfare Institute of Nancheng County in Jiangxi Province for a little over a year. He was surrendered to the facility at 3 months of age with only a note stating his date of birth. We suspect that his birth mother surrendered him because he was not well.
Gabe has pulmonary atresia, which means that he is missing a pulmonary valve. He will require some heart surgery very soon after we return. Fortunately, Brian works in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the OSF Children's Hospital. He works with kids with cardiac issues on a regular basis, so he has some experience that will help us tremendously. He also has access to some of the best doctors in the area and we have already consulted with them on a plan for Gabe. With the uncertainty of his health condition, we welcome all of the prayers and support for our family.
We are so eager to bring Gabe home and start our life as a family. Our tentative date to travel is June 4. We will be spending about 2 weeks in China and plan to come back June 18. We will keep everyone posted during the journey.
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