Our little Lou!

Here she is!  Beautiful little Lou.  She is six days younger than Fang.  She was born with congenital glaucoma.  After she was abandoned as an infant she was given an operation to correct the pressure in her eyes.  We only know that she has "poor vision".  We will have to wait until we get her back home to see exactly how well/ poor her vision is.  I can't wait to hold her!!

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Our fur baby adoption

About a month after Fang's open heart surgery we were going into a pet store to pick up food for Jake-our old man boxer-and several area rescue groups were set up for "adoption day".  We spotted Sally and fell in love.  We brought her home after some consideration for a trial run.  She was heart worm positive, had been "dumped" while pregnant, and had been neglected to the point where her front right leg was deformed.  The rescue had only had her for two weeks and was not sure how she would react to small children.  Fang had come with a few "tactile issues"-very common in institutionalized children.  He had never really experienced touching things and was scared to feel certain things.  Jake was one of those things.  He had no need,want or desire to pet him.  So, we were pretty sure he wasn't going to try to get to close to Sally anyway.  Well, we couldn't be more wrong.  Like they had an unspoken bond of "yeah, I know where you're coming from".  They began to heal one another.

remembering why we went to China the first time :)

I'm still amazed how this little guy who was raised in darkness does nothing but spread sunshine everywhere he goes.

He was born with a major congenital heart defect (CHD).  He was purple when we received him.  He was three years old and couldn't walk, hold a spoon, had no language skills, and still wore diapers.  Most of his problems were due to neglect.  The back of his head is still flat because he spent the first years of his life doing nothing but laying in a bed.
Now he runs!  Always smiles.  He loves people, animals, and cars.  He will talk your ear off,even if you can't understand everything he's saying.  He is thriving!  He has had several outpatient procedures and one major open heart surgery since we have brought him home.  He's doing great and is no longer purple.