April 2, 2013
heart defect, hypospadias, Kam, Urogenital System
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So I’m a moron. I mean it. A complete and total dork. My idiocy seems to come out NOT in front of fellow idiots, but around uber smart, genius type people. You know, those who intimidate the heck out of you and before whom you know ahead of time that you should just keep your …Read More
February 1, 2012
heart defect, hypospadias, Kam, Urogenital System
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Happy February everyone! I for one can’t believe how fast time is moving. I’m sure it’s about to slow to a snail’s pace for my family though as we have just submitted our LOI for a new son this week. The wait has officially begun again. 🙂 Many of you know that we lost our …Read More
March 21, 2011
a father's perspective, Adrian, incontinence, spina bifida
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For those who follow along with our Forever Family adoption blog, you would have been introduced to a new potential member to our ever growing family. And I do mean potential… very strongly potential… but let us recap some of the past couple of months, and how things have shaken down for a couple of …Read More
March 11, 2010
hydronephrosis, incontinence, Kris
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 Yesterday was our first spinal defects clinic, where we met with her entire ‘team’, including her neurosurgeon, urologist, pediatrician, orthopedist, developmental psychologist (or was he a psychiatrist??), physical therapy, social worker, gastroenterology specialist, and her nurse practitioner who connected us to all of these people. It was here we discussed and learned about her …Read More
January 29, 2010
ambiguous genitalia, anorchism, intersex, Urogenital System
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by a mother of a boy adopted from China with a SN of ambiguous genitalia I first fell in love with his photo. I saw it on a Waiting Child listing. When I read the paragraph of background information and saw the words “ambiguous genitalia,” I didn’t really know much about the condition. At the …Read More
February 27, 2009
cl/cp, Craniofacial, Family Stories, hypospadias, Urogenital System
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by Mara and Kevin, parents to David from China with cleft lip/palate and hypospadias Kevin and I knew before we were married that we might not be able to have biological children, so we had talked about adoption for years before we started the process in September 2006. Even then, we thought about a special …Read More
February 5, 2009
anorectal malformation, Family Stories, imperforate anus, recto vaginal fistula, Urogenital System
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By Paulette, mother to Annalise from China with anal rectal malformation From the day I decided to adopt from China I knew that my role in this adoption was bigger then just sitting on the NSN list and waiting for the perfect healthy baby to arrive. God had equipped me to have the knowledge and …Read More
January 22, 2009
anorectal malformation, Family Stories, imperforate anus, Lifeline
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By Diane, mom to Tessa from China with imperforate anus In October 2005, we were in the midst of our adoption paperwork for our daughter Tessa. We were with one agency, but I continued to check the special needs lists of other agencies. We knew that God had called us to a special needs adoption, …Read More
January 19, 2009
Family Stories, hypospadias, undescended testicle
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By Terry, mom to Micah from China with hypospadias Micah had hypospadias as his need. That meaning he doesn’t urinate through the tip of the penis. There are 3 different stages of hypospadias, one being where the opening is just underneath the tip, the second where the opening is midway back, and Micah’s condition where …Read More
December 16, 2008
anorectal malformation, Family Stories, imperforate anus, VSD
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By Heather, mom to Kai from China with anorectal malformation and VSD We began our adoption journey in May of 2005. We already had two beautiful, healthy children and decided the next child that joined our family would be a child without a mother and father. Like so many other families, we initially requested a …Read More
December 9, 2008
CCAI, clubfoot, Family Stories, undescended testicle
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By Anne and Mike, parents of Luke from China with unrepaired clubfoot The Story of Luke Our trip to get Luke was one of the most significant 2 weeks of our lives. It is really true that you never know what you can do unless you are thrown into a situation. We are just your …Read More
