Red Thread To China 2007

Wow only 1 more day to go before we go to the hospital for Levi's prosthesis. I can't wait to see him walking round the hospital on his new camo foot!! We are using the ACU material ( the same as Jerry's uniform )for his leg. We go in at 8am. He has physical therapy at 11am and 3pm for those 4 days and we should be out by Friday evening. And then we won't be able to keep up with him. Well I better get ready for nighty night because I do have to work tomorrow. I will try to post as we progress throughout the week.

These were taken Friday evening before the kids left for the Junior Prom. Marcus' date was Jessica and they looked so cute together!!!

Well they are not the best pictures but I will be recieving copies of all the pictures that the photographer has taken so I can post more later.....enjoy

We had our appointment today for a fitting for Levi's prosthesis. It was so great!!!! We got to see him take his first steps... can you believe it? We are so very proud of him. He was off to a rocky start, not knowing what to do with a foot sticking out in front on that leg but as soon as they gave him a little walker he walked up and down the hall a couple of times. I tried so hard not to cry, but I couldn't help it. I think I even saw a couple tears in his daddy's eyes. I think when they took it off he was a little disappointed that he didn't get to keep it. This is by far one of the happiest days of my life. I can't wait until we go back on the 26th of this month for his physical therapy and he can take it home with us. This is a miracle and I can't thank Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for giving our son the opportunity to just be a normal kid. We will keep everyone posted as he progresses. I will post a picture tomorrow of him standing all by himself, something he has never been able to do before today.

OH NO!!!!! This can't be good news. All abandonment cases from Addis Ababa are not being heard pending an investigation. This is scaring the you know what out of me! I feel like here we go again....just like right after we were LID for China the big slow down occured and adoptions were going at a snails pace and still are. Now this hurdle for all of the waiting families to go through. How many months will this add on to our wait? Will I still be able to bring our daughters home next year? I was hoping to since I will be a stay at home mommy when Jerry deploys. That way I would have time to bond with the girls before having to return to work when Jerry returns home late next year. I don't handle the unknowns to well and tend to worry a little too much about everything. This just tacks one more thing on my list to worry about.

Well we got a call today from Levi's prosthetist to set up his week in the hospital. So I called back and he wanted to set it up for the 26th,thru 29th of this month!! We are so excited that he will take his first steps on those days. We will stay at the hospital for those days and he will have 2 therapy sessions a day and then he will be released on Friday afternoon. I need to charge up the video camera so it will be ready to go. He still has his appointment this friday for the final fitting. We need to find him a good pair of tennis shoes for friday, so I guess I will be shopping tomorrow after work. I hope that all goes well and he will not have any issues with the prosthesis. The tip of his foot is very sensitive so I hope it doesn't hurt when he starts to walk on it. Wish us luck.

Well Levi had his first dentist appointment on Monday. I was kind of dreading it because I didn't know how he was going to react, but it went very smoothly. He has NO cavities!!!!! Can you believe it, after all the stories of bad teeth of some of the other kids I was worried. The only thing is his front teeth are pushed out because he likes to suck his finger. So we are trying to slowly stop him from doing this. Now we just have to get his eyes checked and his new foot and he will be good to go. His next appointment for a fitting is the 15th of May, so we are very excited to see him stand up and maybe take a few steps on a prosthetic foot. Keep your fingers crossed that he gets his in the next few weeks.