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Kimberly called me (Todd) earlier with an updated prognosis from the Doctor. She said she felt a heaviness come on her a while before he came out so she knew it wasn’t going to be good news. The doctor said that her retinas are almost completely detached. He showed Kimberly the pictures, and the retinas look all deflated. He said this is what they commonly see with Shaken Baby Syndrome.

He said he is going to go ahead and do surgery to remove scar tissue around the retinas, so that they have a chance to reattach themselves. He said it will probably require another surgery in about six months to remove more scar tissue, and then by doing so, Hope has a 25% (one in four) chance of acquiring improved vision.

This is just me, but I am wondering if he read the report from China that had already said her retinas were detached… I am just a little frustrated right now that he got us excited and now it turns out that the original report was accurate and it doesn’t look like she even has the condition he thought she had… But I have to keep it all in perspective because he is just trying to help, and if she was going to have this procedure, it is probably the sooner the better to give her retinas a chance to heal.

The surgery will probably still last another couple hours from now (11am PST)… Thanks for your prayers!

Mike giving Hope a guitar lesson

Can you believe it?! Im just looking at this little girl, and I keep thinking about how she might be able to see TOMORROW!!!

We go to the hospital early in the am. I will keep you all posted!!!!!

We got the call! There is an opening for Hope to have surgery on Tuesday. Please keep us in your prayers, and we will post as soon as we have any info on Tuesday from her doctor!!!!!

Hip Hip Hoooooooorayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know lots of you have been wondering how her eye exam at USC went today. Well, we have good news! The doctor is really hopeful that he can do a surgery to restore her eyesight to the point of only needing glasses! After examining her, he told us that he is going to schedule us on a day where he has the entire day to work with Hope. He is going to put her under anesthesia, and then give her a really detailed eye exam. If everything looks the way he thinks it is now, then he will do the surgery. If there are other complications, he will discuss them at that time. He said there is a possibility that he might not be able to do the surgery, but he seemed hopeful during our discussion that it might work out. Please be praying for her. We want a miracle! Whether it be through the hands of the doctor guided by God, or through the miraculous power of God Himself, we want her eyesight to be restored! The appointment will be in about a month…we are still waiting on the receptionist to call us back to schedule. We will keep you updated!

In the meantime, arent these pictures cute?

Things on the homefront have been good. Just plugging along, doing summertime stuff with the kids. We had Hope’s bloodwork done, and the results came back today that she is healthy, and everything looks fine. But we had some interesting news. It turns out that after having her bone age x ray, her real age is somewhere between 3 and 3.5! So she is considerably older than was reported. She was abandoned as an older baby, so the orphanage had to just guess her age and assign her a birthday when she came to the orphanage. So it turns out that her real birthday is somewhere between October 2004 and May 2005. We are thinking of changing her birthdate to make it her adoption date. It would give her a fun birthday of 5-05-05. Easy to remember! We will keep you updated. Next week, we go to the pediatric opthamologist at USC who specializes in her eye condition. Stay tuned….