Well,I got a call from our consultant......when I saw the Adoption Associates on the call ID, my stomach dropped ....I was scared to death...... It seems that when we got our referral, they took a picture of the wrong baby......so who we thought was Baby Sisay, is not him........So now we have pictures of the real Baby Sisay.......to say that I am overwhelmed and exhausted would be an understatement. Baby Sisay is beautiful, but he looks very sick and thin and to be honest.....to me.....he looks like he is practically starving to death.......I am very worried....very very worried. He has some blotches all over his face and I don't know what they are.........I feel helpless....and I feel like I need to take care of him....take him to a doctor, make sure he is eating, .......be his mother.
Update: 1:20pm My consultant just told me that Alemu took his pictures yesterday; the day after Denise's pictures were taken and Baby Sisay does look much better in these. I thought that it was the other way around.....so I though that he was getting worse, but maybe he is getting better. They are going to have him examined by the doctor again and then let me know. Prayers would be much appreciated!
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Oh my goodness....I know right where you are coming from. It is a punch in the gut to get that call! So sorry....any explanation? We still don't have one.
Can you have an international adoption pediatrician look at the pictures? That might help you find peace of mind. I think there's one in Minnesota that has a sliding pay scale.
Hi Chelsea,
He did look small, though all the little babies looked small. Getachew said the doctor evaluated him and it was a "fungus" on his face that the doctor said would clear up. I wasn't sure if it was just on his face or on his body, too. It looks like a birthmark or uneven skin pigment. His skin is smooth, but blotchy in color (so it's not a rash I guess). Getachew said it would clear up with treatment and they are treating him for it.
Did you get more information from AAI as to a medical report or what it is?
I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this issue, and hopefully you'll get the information and support you need from our agency! It's rather difficult to understand how this can repeatedly happen, but I guess human error is always a possibility...
Wow! I cannot believe this has happened again!
It must be awful to not be there to take him to the doctor yourself, but you will be able to very soon. Remember that God is there with him, too!
We are praying.
Do you have any medical information on him yet or was the report the first time right, just the wrong picture? How old is he? I hope you get some explanations soon...we are still waiting for that too!
The medical info and everything is suppose to be correct, just the wrong picture.....
I can't even believe this happened--how stressful. I will keep baby Sisay in my prayers.
Our boys have had bouts of blotchiness on their face and it is an easily treated fungus. Also our kiddos were thin, thin, thin when we got them. Most of them doubled their weight the first year home.
It is hard not to worry when you are so far away. Baby Sisay is in our thoughts and prayers!
Chelsea,
I am praying for your little boy. Does AAI have any explanation on what happened? I can not even imagine how hard it has to be not to be there w/ him taking care of your son.
Sorry to hear about the baby picture mix up. We'll be praying that he will get better. It's hard to understand how that mix up could happen.
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