Yesterday afternoon we met with our doctor, and AJ’s future doctor, to review the medical history provided by SWS. I was very interested to hear what the doctor had to say, not that we hadnt already made up our minds about keeping him. Seeing a doctor to review the medical history is highly recommended anyway, and so we did it before officially accepting our referral.
I kind of get a little teary-eyed, thinking about my 4 month old child’s past. So short, and yet so terrible. And alone. My heart just breaks (which I know, is crazy, considering that I just ‘met’ him two days ago) thinking that he had to go through these things without his mom to comfort him. I mean, he’s actually been through more in his 4 months than I have in my entire life.
The least of which is being treated 3 times for conjunctivitus (pink eye). We can speculate that because he was in an orphanage from November to February that it just kept moving from one baby to another. Something as contagious as that is hard to keep under wraps. But there’s also the possibility that he’s being mis-diagnosed. Who knows.
Around New Years, while I was partying, my baby boy was getting surgery for a hernia. Our doctor said it wasnt a big deal, though it could happen again. Still, my baby was under anesthesia and had surgery when he was only 1 month old.
A month later, he was back in the hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia. Also not too big of a deal, considering that its winter and he was still in an orphanage. According to the symptoms, our doctor says he would have diagnosed him with brochitis instead. Either way, he was treated and recovered and two days later went into the care of his foster mother.
I pray that now that he is in foster care, he’ll have the opportunity to be healthier. It seems like so much going on for such a little guy and I feel bad for him. I want to hug him forever.