Really, the days just fly by! Of course, it is May... end of school, end of soccer, birthdays, mother's day, slip and slides, golf and let's not leave out our visit to the International Adoption Clinic. Oh boy. Now that was something. A few weeks after you get home with your child, you do a VERY through doctor visit. Filled with fun. The first part is actually great. We met with an attachment therapist who is wonderful! Answered all of our questions, told us what great parents we were ;), etc...honestly, she really did tell us Mamie was doing wonderful. She just fits right in to our family! Then the doctor came in and all was well there. She did the basics (kind of like a well check up with the pediatrician). However, they didn't confirm that Mamie was going to be the jolly green giant. They said she was only in the 25% for height! What?! I'm convinced that was INCORRECT. This girl is TALL. Then the fun really began.We had to have x-rays done of both legs. For those that don't know, Mamie has what is called PFFD, which basically means one femur is shorter than the other and generally comes with a hip issue as well. Well her legs are about 2.5inches different in length (which we already knew) but the x-ray confirmed some hip issues as well. How the x-ray tech found out, I will never know. Because I have told you before, our daughter is serious STRONG. In order to get these said x-rays, it took me, Charles AND a lab worker to hold her down, while she fought/screamed/thrashed with all of her might. But somehow, some way, those x-rays came through. Thank goodness because I can't imagine doing them again! Side Note: We will begin meeting with an orthopedic soon to lay out a plan for Mamie- however we are still believing complete healing in Jesus name for this girl! But I digress... because at this point in the appointment, really the fun had only just begun. Next was blood work. Strong? Oh my word. Due to the nature of Charles and his queasiness to all things medical, he exited stage left here. So it was me and the 2 nurses, who both agreed that she was the strongest (in will and strength I'm sure) child they had ever had. After 45 minutes of being pinned down, screaming, thrashing, blowing 2 veins, throwing up, sweating from head to toe (all 4 of us), learning she was double jointed in both arms, etc... she finally collapsed onto me in a deep sleep, where they got veins in her hand to work, drew the million viles of blood necessary, and I'm sure very gladly sent us on our way. Only to learn we have to do this again in 6 months. Please begin praying with us now!
The good part of yesterday? To know that IF we do indeed have a long road ahead of us medically, this little fighter will have NO problem dealing with it. Really, we aren't concerned about her in the least!
A few weeks ago, there was a post in an online adoption group that I'm in, describing children from Mamie's province- Guangxi. Charles and I got a kick out of it, however, a lot of this is so true for our daughter! And we really appreciate all the research this father did. Although Mamie hasn't proved to be defiant, she certainly fits most other categories below. Enjoy the excerpt here:
The good part of yesterday? To know that IF we do indeed have a long road ahead of us medically, this little fighter will have NO problem dealing with it. Really, we aren't concerned about her in the least!
A few weeks ago, there was a post in an online adoption group that I'm in, describing children from Mamie's province- Guangxi. Charles and I got a kick out of it, however, a lot of this is so true for our daughter! And we really appreciate all the research this father did. Although Mamie hasn't proved to be defiant, she certainly fits most other categories below. Enjoy the excerpt here:
If you think of Guangxi as being like a place of transitions and meetings --
like a region of crossings, mixings, and clashing -- it might help understand a
lot, including your future daughter. The geography changes dramatically from
ocean shore to rice fields to mountains, the people are from all sorts of ethnic
minority groups, and everything about the place has been about people coming and
going, crossing, and either mixing or clashing with each other. Many of the
mountain ethnic groups resisted and rebelled against the domination of Chinese
emperors' armies across many dynasties. Part of the reason the place is called
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is that the Communists realized they wouldn't
really conquer the place, and could only try to co-opt its people...
like a region of crossings, mixings, and clashing -- it might help understand a
lot, including your future daughter. The geography changes dramatically from
ocean shore to rice fields to mountains, the people are from all sorts of ethnic
minority groups, and everything about the place has been about people coming and
going, crossing, and either mixing or clashing with each other. Many of the
mountain ethnic groups resisted and rebelled against the domination of Chinese
emperors' armies across many dynasties. Part of the reason the place is called
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is that the Communists realized they wouldn't
really conquer the place, and could only try to co-opt its people...
Once my wife and I realized that our defiant, muscular, seemingly misbehaving
three-year-old was a mountain child, hard-wired over 2,000 years to rebel
against any conquering force, including "the Americans" (as she described us to
her foster mother), it all made sense, and we were much more successful as
parents of a powerful warrior princess. Good luck. You're probably gonna need
it. (written by a father of a Guangxi girl)
three-year-old was a mountain child, hard-wired over 2,000 years to rebel
against any conquering force, including "the Americans" (as she described us to
her foster mother), it all made sense, and we were much more successful as
parents of a powerful warrior princess. Good luck. You're probably gonna need
it. (written by a father of a Guangxi girl)
Her look of concentration
Playing outside
Maxwell helping her dress up- which I love, because this boy DOESN'T DO GIRLY
I love this post and I'm CRYING laughing at the description of her province. I am going to make sure wells calls her Powerful Warrior Princess from now on :)
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