Showing posts with label hydrocephalus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hydrocephalus. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Desperate need for a family for this girl

Taking a break from the additional kids of Region 23 to talk about Karina.
From her description and appearance Karina may have Apert Syndrome, like Ivan, Kacey, Sammy, and Mandy. She is described as having craniofacial differences and differences of her hands and feet as well. She has a cleft palate and an aortic defect. You can see from the pictures that her fingers look fused.

You can also see that her hydrocephalus has not been properly treated. In this country the treatment of hydrocephalus is routine... this little girl will probably not receive treatment in her country though.

She needs to be adopted not just because she needs a family, but because she is in urgent need of medical care she will not receive in her country. Do you think she could be your daughter?

Her profile says "PLEASE someone help her, she will die alone and waiting."
She was born right around the same time as my son.

I also saw some more pictures of Ivan here.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

What a cutie



Neville is a little over 1 and loves to be held and receive attention--no attachment problems for this guy. His primary diagnosis is hydrocephalus. He's had two surgeries for this--one unsuccessful and one not fully successful. He may have some epileptic brain activity but has not had an epileptic episode. It seems likely that with good medical care all of this could be resolved.

Neville is not meeting his physical milestones. That's likely because of the lack of stimulation in the orphanage environment. Even when children have workers who care, even love them, there is not enough time and enough workers to take care of all of the children. Neville needs the love of a family, and deserves to be a son.