Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Budding Artist










Here is Luolin painting a ceramic bowl that a friend made for her. I think we may have another artist in the family!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Spring Break in Toronto, Canada

Pub Girl

Do you mind ???



Hello Toronto!


Dad and his little girl



At the waterfall




Dylan and Luo cruzin' the city ...


We are on the move again ... this time to Canada to see daddy and our future city, Toronto. Myself, Dylan, Luolin and Dylan's friend Justin piled into the car Friday morning and headed for the border. After more than one stop to eat or clean up vomit, we crossed the border into Quebec. the winding, up and down roads made for a rough trip for Luo who gets terribly carsick. We made it to Uncle Jeff's around 9 PM after a long day on the road ...

Saturday was spent checking out the Toronto sights and just relaxing after our trip Friday. The weather was sunny and warm, the streets full of people and the Sea-Bands seemed to keep all that Luo ate in her stomach! We had lunch at the Pub, traveled up Yonge Street and then to the mall for haircuts and wandering. We stopped in Tiffany's for Luo's first look at one of mom's and sissy's favorite stores ...

Sunday was another nice day to get out and about. We once again piled into the car and headed off to Niagra Falls, the Canadian side of course ... The spray was spraying and the falls were wild as we walked along the sidewalk checking it all out. We drove to Niagra-On-The-Lake and headed back to Toronto. It was a really fun day and just another adventure under Luo's belt. It is so very hard to believe that she has only been with us for a month!

Monday, April 6, 2009

We have the date ...

June 29th is the day for Luolin's surgery.

After meeting with two surgeons and having her case presented to some of the best orthopedics in the state of Maine, it was determined that surgery was the only way to correct her leg. We have been told that a "Syme amputation" will be used to remove her little "fin", her two toes and partial foot, they will correct the curve in the lower leg bone using pins and and measure her for her prosthetic lower leg and foot during her initial operation. She will spend two to three days in the hospital for observation then head home for the healing process to begin. Her doctors feel the hardest thing for us will be keeping her fairly quiet for the first few weeks so that she gets a good jump on the healing process. When all is said and done, she will have a weight bearing stump which won't be too much different that what she has now and her "new" leg and foot that will give her the mobility that she craves. We anticipate her to be upright and walking by summer's end.