What a busy week! This week, Bethany has met so many new people and done so very well! Tuesday, she met our aunt's and uncle's on my Dad's side of the family; Wednesday, she met and "re-met" some of Todd's family. Uncle Malcolm was new to her, but she re-met Aunt Marilyn and cousin Tara, since they came to the airport. Thursday, we had to go to the ped ophthalmologist in New Orleans, so we met Todd at Stennis, and I took her to meet my co-workers before leaving for New Orleans. It has been SO GOOD to see family and friends! We have missed everyone so much! She has done so well, so we will definitely be getting out and about more and having people in to meet her and visit. As I mentioned before, she still doesn't like to be touched or gotten too close to, but she enjoys being around people – as long as people keep distance until she's comfortable. J Her tube surgery is Monday at about 8:30 at Children's in New Orleans, so we'll be in and "quarantined" for about another week. Not sure if it's going to be necessary to keep her shut up that long, but we just want to make extra sure everything is okay. We will be starting our visiting again ASAP, because we love being out and about! If you remember, please pray for her Monday. We know it's not a "big deal" surgery, but knowing she's under anesthesia and being taken away from us, even for a little while, it's a BIG DEAL! We're ready for it to be over and her to be in our arms again – then we'll feel a lot more settled. Ultimately, she's in the care of our Heavenly Father – which is the best care to be in – and He took care of her for 2 years before He entrusted her to us, so we know that He'll continue to guard her and keep her safe. He's definitely proven trustworthy in our lives!
Thursday, we took Bethany to the pediatric ophthalmologist in New Orleans. We didn't get "bad" news, per se, but we were surprised to hear that she is near sighted and that she will need glasses at some point in her childhood. To us, it seemed that she sees fine. And she does really, for what she needs to see now, but her vision will continue to worsen until glasses are needed. Like I said, it's not bad news, but it was surprising, and of course, we hated to hear it. She has to go back every year to have her vision checked, and when she gets to a 4 in her eyesight, that's when she'll get glasses. Now, she's a 1 in one eye, and a 2 in the other eye. The doctor told us it was very common in Asians, so not a real concern. We were again blessed with a good doctor. We didn't know anything about him – just took a stab in the dark with him – but he was so good with her.
Forgot to mention in the last post that on the day before Bethany's birthday, her b-day party day, we received her Certificate of Citizenship in the mail!!! Yah!!! Even though she was a citizen – she became a citizen when we went through immigration in Detroit – we didn't have "paperwork" to prove it. She had a stamp in her visa that was, in essence, her "green card". The stamp gave her citizenship, but that's all we had to show. They told us it would take up to 45 days after arriving home to receive the official citizenship paperwork, so we finally got it. It was like a birthday present – arrived at just the right time!
I'm going to attach a picture of the little girl I mentioned a week or so ago, Nevaeh, so that you can put her sweet little face with her name. She's going to be 3 in May and was "matched" with her family from Illinois at the end of January. They are ***hoping*** to be able to travel to get her in May. We're praying the same thing for them. Please pray for Nevaeh when she comes to mind. They have the same concerns for her that we had for Bethany. They just want to get to their baby as quickly as possible, and we sure want them to also. She's a little cutie pie!
Guess that's all for now. It's Saturday night, and we're counting on church again tomorrow. Then Monday, it's off to Children's. We'll post Monday night to let everyone know how Bethany is doing. Thank you again for all of your prayers for her – please keep them up! Love from Todd, Stacey and Bethany.
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