Hi all,

I’m back to work after taking time off to go to China to adopt my new son and then spend some time at home with him. He is now 28-months old and is a little cuddle bunny. He was born with a complete, bilateral cleft lip and palate. His lip has been repaired. Right now he is hearing next to nothing and there is a large amount of fluid behind the eardrums -- so tomorrow (Friday) he is getting tubes. I am looking having his palate surgery done in the April time frame. As a side note, I wonder if Luke would be a part of my family if Olivia hadn’t had CAH?!

Olivia, my 6-year-old CAHer, woke 2:30 Monday morning with a 104 temp.  Since she is normally very healthy I got her into the ped ASAP. She has/had the flu. A combination of having the flu shot and catching it early and getting her on anti-viral meds has made a fairly quick recovery. Right now she is cranky and wears out real quick. But we are back to her normal doses of Cortef.

I’ll try to spend a little time reading the archives to see what has been happening in the last 7 weeks.

Warm regards,

Janet

mom to Olivia (6), Ruthie (4) & Luke (2) -- all from Jiangsu, China!