Cory & Molly J.
China 2012
Dear Cynthia & A Child Waits Foundation,
I am writing to thank you for your assistance with our adoption in September. We came home with our son, Luke on September 28, 2012 and consider ourselves the luckiest parents on Earth. We simply could not have done it without you, and I cannot express how much your help meant to us.
Our transition with Luke went very well, in large part due to your financial help. He was clearly taken care of and loved in the orphanage, and is overall healthy and happy. However, he came to us with a severe sinus infection, double ear infections with ruptured ear drums, severe anemia, and a raging case of athlete's foot on both feet/ankles. We were able to find an American doctor and have him treated right away, which was not covered by our insurance. However, with your help we felt confident that we could provide him with the care he needed fast and effectively, purchase high quality antibiotics and anti-fungal creams, and have his anemia treated quickly. Beyond the fact that having him treated in advance of a 15 hour plane trip made a huge difference in our transition as a family, the chronic ear/nose/throat issues could have had a longstanding repercussion( ie, deafness), and the ENT we saw at Children's Hospital here in Seattle thought that our fast action in China helped Luke to not lose any hearing or have the sinus infection turn to sepsis. While we would have figured out a solution had we not been given a grant we likely would have had to postpone treatment while in China due to financial constraints, which would have made everything so much more difficult and possibly affected his health long-term. Instead, we knew that we had funds to cover the in-country costs as required by China, as well as emergencies as they arose. As first-time parents, we cannot express how grateful we are.
Now that we have returned to America and have had Luke for a little more than a month, he has blossomed. He is quickly learning English, gaining inches and pounds, has celebrated his third birthday, trick-or-treated for Halloween, and has gone to the pumpkin patch. We are more than thrilled by his progress, and are still in shock that we are parents to such an exuberant, smart, funny, loving little boy. In addition to anemia for which he is treated monthly, Luke has a limb deficiency (missing right hand/part of forearm), and he operates phenomenally well without it. We are so proud of him already; his bravery in the face of such change is amazing.
This letter does not express by half how much your assistance is appreciated. We found each member of your organization to be professional, gentle, knowledgeable, interested, and kind. The fact that you were able to help us under much tighter timelines than we imagined set such a high standard for care in the adoption community. The words "thank you" don't begin to cover it. We are so happy and lucky to be able to adopt and take care of this wonderful little boy with the generosity of your organization.
From the bottoms of our hearts,
Thank you,
Molly & Cory J
I am writing to thank you for your assistance with our adoption in September. We came home with our son, Luke on September 28, 2012 and consider ourselves the luckiest parents on Earth. We simply could not have done it without you, and I cannot express how much your help meant to us.
Our transition with Luke went very well, in large part due to your financial help. He was clearly taken care of and loved in the orphanage, and is overall healthy and happy. However, he came to us with a severe sinus infection, double ear infections with ruptured ear drums, severe anemia, and a raging case of athlete's foot on both feet/ankles. We were able to find an American doctor and have him treated right away, which was not covered by our insurance. However, with your help we felt confident that we could provide him with the care he needed fast and effectively, purchase high quality antibiotics and anti-fungal creams, and have his anemia treated quickly. Beyond the fact that having him treated in advance of a 15 hour plane trip made a huge difference in our transition as a family, the chronic ear/nose/throat issues could have had a longstanding repercussion( ie, deafness), and the ENT we saw at Children's Hospital here in Seattle thought that our fast action in China helped Luke to not lose any hearing or have the sinus infection turn to sepsis. While we would have figured out a solution had we not been given a grant we likely would have had to postpone treatment while in China due to financial constraints, which would have made everything so much more difficult and possibly affected his health long-term. Instead, we knew that we had funds to cover the in-country costs as required by China, as well as emergencies as they arose. As first-time parents, we cannot express how grateful we are.
Now that we have returned to America and have had Luke for a little more than a month, he has blossomed. He is quickly learning English, gaining inches and pounds, has celebrated his third birthday, trick-or-treated for Halloween, and has gone to the pumpkin patch. We are more than thrilled by his progress, and are still in shock that we are parents to such an exuberant, smart, funny, loving little boy. In addition to anemia for which he is treated monthly, Luke has a limb deficiency (missing right hand/part of forearm), and he operates phenomenally well without it. We are so proud of him already; his bravery in the face of such change is amazing.
This letter does not express by half how much your assistance is appreciated. We found each member of your organization to be professional, gentle, knowledgeable, interested, and kind. The fact that you were able to help us under much tighter timelines than we imagined set such a high standard for care in the adoption community. The words "thank you" don't begin to cover it. We are so happy and lucky to be able to adopt and take care of this wonderful little boy with the generosity of your organization.
From the bottoms of our hearts,
Thank you,
Molly & Cory J
