I'd like to take some time and share about my friend Tricia's daughter Sophia. Tricia and I were on the same path with our adoptions. We had the same dates and planned to travel together along with Kateri. Well, as all of you know the wait continued to grow longer and longer.. Shortly after Robert and decided to adopt Joseph Tricia and her husband decided to adopt Sophia.. They traveled to China 2 weeks after Robert and I. Tricia and I have become good friends over the last 2 years..she has been a continued source of encouragement since we've both been back from China. She is a great mom and her kiddos are blessed to have her.
Tomorrow Sophia is having surgery so I'd like it if you could say some prayers for her. I had Tricia email me about what exactly they are doing so Here is what she said. "Sophia's story:
Sophia was born 9/1/06 in Luzhou City, China. She is from the Sichuan Province. This is the province where the earthquakes happened in May. Sophia's "Gotcha Day" is March 17th. She was born with cleft lip, cleft palate, and an imperforated anus. Her cleft lip and imperforated anus were surgically corrected in China. Her imperforated anus was sugically corrected September 22, 2006 at the Luzhou City Medical Hospital. Unfortunately, the surgery did not fully correct the problem and she will be having reconstruction surgery this fall. Her cleft lip was repaired in March of 2007. Her palate surgery will take place on July 23rd at A.I. Dupont Children's Hopsital in Wilmington, Delaware. She will be in the hospital 3-4 days after her surgery!
Sophia was born 9/1/06 in Luzhou City, China. She is from the Sichuan Province. This is the province where the earthquakes happened in May. Sophia's "Gotcha Day" is March 17th. She was born with cleft lip, cleft palate, and an imperforated anus. Her cleft lip and imperforated anus were surgically corrected in China. Her imperforated anus was sugically corrected September 22, 2006 at the Luzhou City Medical Hospital. Unfortunately, the surgery did not fully correct the problem and she will be having reconstruction surgery this fall. Her cleft lip was repaired in March of 2007. Her palate surgery will take place on July 23rd at A.I. Dupont Children's Hopsital in Wilmington, Delaware. She will be in the hospital 3-4 days after her surgery!
Please keep the Hostert's in your prayers... Sophia is such a sweetie and Tricia and I have started planning an arranged marriage for her and Joseph =) ( Just Kidding!!!). Here are some pictures to share.
