Macey's medical review

Well, I just got off the phone with Texas Children's Hospital International Adoption clinic. They reviewed all of Macey's medical record info and it all looks good. She was 25% for head circumference, and 25-50% for both height and weight. Lena wasn't even on the US growth chart when she came home!

If you do not already know, Macey was born with a limb difference. Her left hand did not fully form. We were only given one decent photo of her hand and it appears that she has one or two fingers and they do not appear to be fully developed.

TCH has a hand clinic that will see her as soon as she comes home. There could be surgical corrections made but from this photo it appears unlikely. Our best bet will probably be some type of prosthetic device to give her better functionality. We'll just have to take it one day at a time.

The only questionable thing from her medical info from China is that it appears she has not been vaccinated for Hepatitis. This is of minimal concern. Once she arrives in the US, she'll start her vaccines from scratch just like a newborn. It'll take us a little while to get her all caught up.

As far as paperwork, I am Fedexing the I-600A today to the USCIS. That is our request to be pre-approved to bring an orphan to the US from another country. Once the fingerprinting is done and we are approved, our dossier will be gone to China. With a little luck, we'll have Macey home by Christmas!That's all for now. More later!