It’s been nearly two years since our youngest daughter had her last shot of PEG Interferon. Two years since we happily bid farewell to the sharps container and the alcohol wipes. Two years since we left behind the marathon naps and achy tummy and bloody noses. And two years since we learned that our daughter [...]
Back to School–Here and in China
August 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
My littlest one, my almost five year-old Cholita, is ecstatic about a certain date circled in red on our calendar. It’s not her birthday, it’s not Christmas, it’s the day she’ll head back to school. She adores all things scholastic–sharpened pencils, little chairs, worksheets, story time, sharing time, recess, and don’t even get me started [...]
My Baby Tells Her Story
July 7, 2010 by 23 Comments
It’s been less than six months since my daughter finished her year-long treatment with interferon. The needles, the sharps container, the smell of the alcohol wipes, that whole experience has quickly become a distant memory. At age four, it’s doubtful that my daughter will remember anything about it into adulthood. That’s wonderful, but at the [...]
Parties, Cell Phones, and Mercenaries: A Hep B Primer
March 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
Have you read many medical journals? Have you perused through any articles in the Journal of Gastroenterology? Let me tell you, I’m not completely convinced they’re written in English. So when my big kids started asking questions about their sister’s hepatitis, I had to get creative. If you happen to be a pediatric gastroenterologist/hepatologist, just [...]
Mary’s daughter
August 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Mary, mom to a daughter from China with Hepatitis B It all started after watching three beautiful Chinese girls in dance class with my daughter each week. I had time to sit and chat with the mother who adopted these three beautiful girls from China. Each week we talked more about the adoptions. Adoption [...]
Naomi ChuYu
May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Amy, mom to Naomi from China with cleft lip and gumline, Hep B and an abundance of joy Our adoption journey started in 2002. My first born son was just 2 years old. We were at an Easter party when a friend stopped by with her brand new daughter from China. She did not [...]
Lydia Mei
February 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrea, mom to Lydia Mei from China with a SN of unilateral microtia/aural atresia We began our adoption journey in hopes of adding children to our home, but ultimately we found a much greater purpose and passion. The road to parenthood by way of China brought us into a deeper understanding of how we [...]
ShuQin
January 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Tamara, mother to ShuQin from China with HepB+ I have three children. My son is a teenager, biological and a great kid who adores his sisters and is their hero. My two girls are adopted from China. They are 8 months apart in age (virtual twins) – the tiny twosome are the same height, [...]
Fei Yan
December 10, 2008 by Leave a Comment
By anonymous, mom to Fei Yan from China with a heart defect (VSD) and Hep B+ When we began the adoption process we were pursuing a healthy child. God had other plans and soon opened our hearts to the children on the waiting child list. We filled out a form with our agency in April [...]
Maya
November 19, 2008 by Leave a Comment
by Eileen, mom to Maya from China who is HepB+ May 23, 2006 was a landmark day for our family. The day started with a phone call from our adoption agency. They told us that the night before they had e-mailed us the file of a special needs child and they wondered if we’d had [...]
