Search information (still looking for my daughter's birth sister).

EDIT TO ADD: my e-mail address to make it easier if anyone has questions blair1849@rogers.com

Just saw an increase in traffic from Norway. Here is hoping that someone will recognize this information. I won't post the girl's orphanage name on here for privacy reasons but if anyone needs more they can leave a comment. I am looking for my daughter's birth sister who was born February 23 2004. She was adopted from the GAO AN SWI JIANGXI (don't have the date of adoption, but it would probably have been late 2004 or early 2005)? I know that she was adopted by a family from Norway. I understand that this family may want their privacy and not be interested, but I do have some pictures of the birth family for them. Thank-you so very much for whoever posted my blog on the Norweigan forum. I really appreciate any help I can get!

She amazes me everytime

Nothing like a last second surgery, but you take what they give you (well we do anyway, that obviously isn't the case for everyone since we were not the first family our surgeon's secretary called). Anyhow, we managed to get a babysitter for Miss Avery, pack a bag and get us to Sick Kids by 10:00 Thursday morning. Again, Brennyn went the whole day without food and did not complain once. It's like she knows that she has no choice in the matter (because at home she says she is hungry every half hour, no matter how much she has eaten). She just does what she has to do, without a complaint or crying, complete with Brennyn humour. It's just amazing. The surgery was to seperate her finger and thumb (she has syndactyly) and was 5 hours in length. The Dr. said it would be 5 hours and the man was not kidding. I stayed the night with Brennyn and Daddy went home. Once again the staff at Sick Kids were great. The nurses are so helpful and patient with children and the parents. Speaking of parents, there was 1 family that came in while I was sitting in the surgical waiting room. I counted 33 people, not including the teenage kids that left to go walk around downstairs. It was like I was watching an episode of the Sopranos. Nice to see the support this family had, but thank goodness the waiting room wasn't as busy at that time of the evening (most of the surgeries were long over) or no-one else would have been able to sit down.

This picture was taken about 2 hours after surgery, little monkey was still out cold. She did wake up for a few minutes after surgery, in the recovery, but preceeded to sleep for most of the night after that.

There she is, 13 hours after her surgery. You would never know she just had a major operation, she was cracking jokes with the nurse, blowing kisses to the doctor. Thank goodness she is comfortable at Sick Kids because we do spend a lot of time there! 2 operations down and at least 3 more to go! Crossing my fingers that this operation is a success, we won't know for sure until the cast comes off in 3 weeks.

Surgery tomorrow

Sick Kids called this afternoon. Brennyn is scheduled for hand surgery tomorrow morning. We always seem to get the last minute booking, but what can you do. You really have to be flexible and accommodating. This surgery is a little more intense than the last surgery, so I am a little more nervous for my baby. She bounced back so quickly last time, I'm crossing my fingers for her.

overdue pictures

Found these pictures in a file on my computer. Avery's trip to the dentist 6 months ago, she loves her new dentist!

Blair and Avery attended a few of the team Canada soccer matches this year. Here's hoping Canada makes it a little farther in their quest for the World Cup.

The girls and I did a lot of this in the summer. Such a beautiful summer this year, great weather for hanging at the trailer!

Not the best start to the day, our car was backed into by a giant white pick up truck this morning while we were in the bank. Nothing like having someone knock on the door while we are in a meeting with the bank person saying "so sorry to interupt, but do you own a mazda". You know it's not going to be good news. Oh well, car has been towed and we have a rental for a week. Seriously, who knew a pick up could do that much damage backing up? The hood is squished, headlight smashed and bumper half off. The truck of course, had no damage (it was like a white tank). On an unrelated topic, still no luck on the birth sister search. I think most people imagine I am crazy to even try. I've tried the Rumour Queen forum, a few China adoption forums and e-mailed the Norway adoption agencies. I have had a few very helpful folks e-mail me, some even volunteering to post on a Norwegian chat forum. Nothing from the adoption agencies. It's not looking very likely that I'll find them, but I'll keep trying.

Comments

For some strange reason it seems people are having a difficult time commenting on my blog (not that many people comment on my good old blog). Not sure why this is?? Any blog experts out there who can help?

Small update to the search

I am so excited, was on QQ this morning and Avery's cousin messaged me that he had some answers for me. He e-mailed everything I need to know. This search may be possible after all. It's still very, very challenging, but I feel that we have a chance. I have her birth date and her orphanage name. All I can hope for is that this family belongs to one of the many chat groups that exist in the China adoption world! She is also born in February like Avery, actually she is 2 years and 3 days older! EDIT: emailed the adoption agencies in Norway. I'm sure they'll think I'm some kind of nut. I think it's the best chance and I thank the people who were kind enough to send me the e-mail addresses and the names of the agencies.