Born in September of 2010, gorgeous little Brooklyn recently turned 6 years old. Brooklyn is a strong and tough little fighter who has overcome so much in her short life. Now she needs a family to come forward and give her the family she needs to love her, fight for her and support her to help her reach her fullest potential!

Brooklyn was found when she was only a few days old and was sent to live with a foster family for some time. After an unsuccessful search to find her birth relatives, she was transferred to the children’s home in her city 8 months after she was initially found. Upon admission, a medical exam found a chromosome abnormality and CHD and VSD. Other than her heart and chromosome abnormality, she was found to be in overall good health and small for her age. Brooklyn has continued to live in the same children’s home since that time.

Caregivers state that Brooklyn is a happy little girl who met many of her physical milestones close to on time. At the age of 3, she had a good appetite, was potty trained, and liked to be held by the caregiver. Brooklyn loves playing games with the other children, listen to music and often would dance along to the music! Her speech is said to be delayed and she is behind her peers in this sense. She does receive an education at the children’s home, can understand complex requests from the caregivers, can run and is self-sufficient in her daily care.

Shortly after her initial physical exam, Brooklyn was admitted to the hospital and received surgery to repair her heart. The surgery was a success and her cardiac and lung function were found to be normal. Brooklyn’s file is a bit outdated and would greatly benefit from a request for new information. Her file contains several pages of notes from doctors reports, blood work, notes from her surgery as well as observation reports from her caregivers.

Agency staff visited with Brooklyn in 2014 and May of 2015. In 2014, they report that she had recovered well from her heart surgery, could walk and run well, was still quite small compared to her peers and her speech was still delayed. The doctor that visited with the agency, noted that many of the small children were not speaking and they speculated that the kids may not be spoken to very often which may result in a delay of language. In 2015, Brooklyn was found to be a happy little girl who enjoyed playing on the slide and putting puzzles together. She was saying simple words and could follow the directions of her caregivers. As she is a slightly more timid child, she became reserved when agency staff was visiting with her.

Brooklyn is a beautiful little child who would likely benefit from speech therapy. Most importantly though, she needs a family to see how wonderful she is and help her find and receive the medical help she needs to come out of her shell and live life to her fullest potential!

UPDATE – April 2016 Agency Partnership Trip

WACAP staff just visited her orphanage and say she is a very petite little girl who appears much younger than her age. Every time WACAP staff has visited she has been very shy and afraid, but around her caretakers she’s extroverted and cheerful.

This cuddly girl loves to be held by her nannies. She likes to play games with other children and gets along well with them. Though she is behind other children her age, Brooklyn continues to make progress in her development. She now speaks in short sentences, such as “I want to eat that,” and she can answer yes or no questions. She follow basic instructions.

When she became scared she told her nanny, “I want to leave.” Despite her tiny size, she can run very fast, and is able to go up and down stairs by holding the railing. Her self-care is good; she feeds and dresses herself, and climbs up into a bed that’s taller than she is! She can point to body parts when asked, and count to two. She had surgery to repair a heart condition, and a test showed a ring abnormality of chromosome 15.

Brooklyn’s file is currently on the shared list. An advocate will be happy to share her identifying information with your agency rep so they can locate her file.

There is a $4,000 grant for qualifying families choosing to use WACAP to help bring her home. Seriously interested families should download and complete their pre-application (no fee, no commitment) found HERE. You may email the completed pre-application to WACAP with your request and the first available case manager will respond.