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… if you have been around me for some time or if i think i would be in constant contact with you on a regular basis, i would eventually tell you something about me by starting with, “You need to know something about me… i have a hole-in-my-heart, a leaky heart. You need to know in case i get into an accident and you are with me, you need to tell the medical people about this if i can’t. It is called a VSD.”

A VSD is a Ventricular Septal Defect, which in layman terms means i have a hole in the wall of my heart between the two ventricular chambers. How does this affect me? Practically, it doesn’t affect my day-to-day life but it does mean that my heart does have to do more work as my blood is never fully oxygenated as the de-oxygenated blood and oxygenated blood mixes with each pump of the heart muscles.

But i am fortunate – my hole is considered medium-sized but with a flap of flesh covering it, it does not need to be operated on. i am also blessed to have parents who care so wonderfully for me; taking me to the specialist every year, to doctors who treat me and measure my heart’s performance to make sure all is well, even though it costs extra and they did not earn much.

Little Lilly is not so fortunate. She is an orphan; given up for reasons we can not be sure of. But i suspect that one of the reasons would be her need for medical care and the family’s inability to provide that care; she has Down Syndrome. And like many children with Down Syndrome, she has a heart defect (we are not told what exactly is the defect). And it seems that it is serious enough to need medical attention but she is not getting it where she is now.

Lilly needs a family who would love her, just as she is; not mobile, not speaking BUT with a precious smile. She needs a family who would make sure she gets the medical care that she needs so that she can live life to the fullest. Click on her name or picture for more details.

Are you her family? If you believe you are, do contact Reece’s Rainbow for details. Right now, Reece’s Rainbow can only help Canadians with agencies working in this child’s region at this time.

You may not be her forever family but you can still help.

You can share her story so that her adoptive family might find her.

You can pray for her. Pray for her daily needs to be met; pray for her forever family to come and bring her home.

You can also contribute to her adoption grant at Reece’s Rainbow so that her forever family’s journey to her would be easier (International Adoptions are just so very expensive). Click on her name or picture to donate.

Thank you.

syc

… Have you ever tried lying down for a long time? i mean like for an extended period of time, just do nothing but lay down on a bed. Try it. Go lay down, fully awake, don’t go to sleep now. Lay there doing nothing for thirty minutes – that’s ok, in fact, you might feel rested. How about lying down, wide awake, doing nothing for two hours? Ok, maybe it was a little long but bearable – yes? Now go ahead and see how you feel after four hours or ten hours or an entire day and night? Then imagine that would be what your future holds, day in, day out, for the rest of your life…

i would be bored stiff within half a day. My heart breaks that there are children out there who have exactly that to look forward to in their futures, just because they have a disability and the orphanage or more likely the institution does not have the staff or the facilities to allow them to be outside of their cribs. In some places, children are left in their cribs all day because the society views that is all they can do. In other places, they do not know that these children can be helped or how to help them.

But we all know, we who live in places where medical facilities are available, we know that anyone with a disability if given the proper treatment, therapy and good, loving support, can thrive and live a fulfilling life.

Nastya is one of these many children who would have no future unless adopted. Ideally, adopted within her own country, but the reality is that in her country that would most likely not happen as disability is not widely accepted in their society. So international adoption would be the next option for her.

So today i am shouting out for her – she needs a family to love her, just as she is; a family to tell her she is worth their care and support, just because she is who she is. If she had a family who could give her the care she needs, then she can look forward to a future which would feature days outside, enjoying the sunshine, enjoying time interacting with her family and other people, and even a job when she is all grown up and maybe a family of her very own in the far future.

Nastya is already 7 years old and the future looks bleak. She has Spina Bifida and minor Hydrocephalus and is unable to walk. But this does not mean that she isn’t capable. In the right supportive environment, i believe she would grow into the beautiful flower i know she is, deep inside.

Do you see that in her? Do you think you could be her family? If yes, please contact Reece’s Rainbow for more details.

You don’t have to be her family to help. You can share her story so that more people will come to know her and increase her chances of finding a family.

You can give towards her adoption grant to ease the journey her forever family would have to bring her home. International adoptions cost an arm and a leg! Click on her picture or name to go to her profile page to donate.

You can most definitely pray for her. Pray for her daily needs, pray for a family to step up for her real soon.

Thank you.

syc

Meet Angelina.

She is an orphan in Eastern Europe. According to her file, she has the following health issues:

Congenital dysfunction, myelocele of lumbosacral part of spinal cord (had surgery); internal hydrocephalus, flail legs with dysfunction of pelvis/hips, delay of psychological development.

Sounds overwhelming?

But her medical conditions do not define her! She is not spina bifida and the dysfunctions it brings, she is not psychological delay. NO. She is simply a little kid who needs a loving mummy and daddy to help her work around and work with her health conditions and live a full life despite of these medical issues.

If we were defined by our problems, if God only saw our problems, none of us would be here today.

So please look beyond her various conditions and see the little girl who can blossom under the attentive, loving care of a wonderful family. Look into her eyes and see that she can have a great future with a family willing to support and encourage her.

Do you see her? Is she your little girl? Do you feel your heart beat a little faster? If so, do contact Reece’s Rainbow for details about adopting her.

Even if you can’t or don’t feel adopting is the way for you, you can still pray for her; for her daily needs and definitely for her forever family to step forward.

You can also help her by giving towards her adoption grant so that a lack of funds would not be the reason she can’t have  a family. You can click on her name or picture to go to her profile page to donate.

Thank you.

syc