February 26th, 2011

We got the email late last night and poured over it. The little girl was so cute, so small, with a huge smile. We looked at the translated document that came with her picture. It was her dossier, what was known about her life and her medical issues. Most children in orphanages have some type of medical issues, usually institutionalization issues from not be in a family setting, but many have other medical issues as well, some being given up for adoption purely because of a medical issue the parents couldn't handle. Well, our little girl was born extremely premature (1.5 pounds at birth) and she took a very bad turn for the worse in the NIC unit at 15 days old. Her mother is listed as a Roma (gypsy) and her father is listed as unknown, but her name gave it away, the father was Turkish. She has complications from low birth weight and also has complications from her tonsils being removed. The two things that they mentioned repeatedly was that she had a speech problem and something wrong with her eyes, but they couldn't expound further, they thought she had glaucoma, but those tests were negative. One look at the picture of her and we immediately decided to accept the referral. Our next step was to arrange to travel to Bulgaria to meet her and to officially accept the referral (you do this in person)

February 25th, 2011

February was almost over. Winter sucks in Central Ohio. Rani got a phone call this evening from a blocked number, oh well, her mom's phone number is blocked. She answered. Assuming it was her mom, her face changed as the caller spoke...what? who? a little girl? four years old? Bulgaria? travel?

We might have the fastest referral in adoption history. It has only been 5 months!

We eagerly awaited the email that would be on it's way to tell us about this amazing little girl.