Back Home

We are back home . Madalyn came through her surgery with flying colors , She went in at 8 am and back out at 11 am but was in recovery til 3:30 pm seems the little tike was catching up on her sleep that she didn`t get the night before when we were at the hotel . She had 3 beds to chose from so she had to try them all out one bounced to much the other not enough and the cot was to low ( which was a good thing because she fell out of bed at 5am ) and wasn`t any fun to climb out of. She had to wear her hat when she went to sleep it seemed to comfort her so maybe when she was in the hospital in China she wore it and it seemed familiar to her who knows but thats what she wanted. Dr Precious was pleased with her surgery and even got the little hangy thing at the back of her throat in place. She was really tired for most of the day ,slept most of the night except when they came to give her meds and in the morning we had a new girl full of life back to herself she fed herself and was drinking fine so they told us they were quite confident that we should be able to take her home. Its amazing how resilient children are I would have soaked it up for at least a week. We have to take her over again Monday for Day surgery just to remove her stitches and packing so hopefully that won`t be to tough on her . The IWK staff are so nice and even the Ronald MacDonald house gave her a bunny to make her feel better .Well that's about it for now so hopefully everyone is enjoying the good weather on their March Break.

Kent ,Deanna,Brandon and Madalyn

Off to IWK

I can`t believe how long its been since we updated this blog the time seems to be flying by .Well its been a fast paced week . Last week we found out Madalyn would have surgery on May 25th Which we thought was ok but then Thursday afternoon we got a call they had a cancellation and wanted to know if we could fill it. So we had to find someone to look after Brandon and of course Nana was more than willing .We had to make a quick trip to Halifax for the doctors to make sure Madalyn was healthy enough for surgery and she was, so Monday morning she has her surgery .We are hoping all goes well and she will be able to come home Wensday or Thursday and then she will need to go back over the first of next week to get her stitchs out and hopefully that will be the end of doctors for a while as she has been poked and proded at so much lately when the doctors want to listen to her heart she lifts her shirt up before they ask her to. She is still doing great she now runs the house and lets us know what we want .She has gained a whoppping 3 pounds in the last 3 months so we are thinking our girl is going to be small .She also enjoys torchering Brandon taking his PS games when he plays them but he loves it and plays well with her. Well this is just a quick update we will try and update after her surgery.

Kent,Deanna,Brandon and Madalyn

Where have we been

Well this is the second attempt at this I thought I had posted but it disappeared so here we go again.Things are still going great here Madalyn still amazes us ,She had her medical assessment last week at the IWK and it went really well ,her palate was what they expected and they are sure she will do just fine with the surgery , She will need to have tubes put in her ears as she does have some fluid in her ears causing slight hearing loss but other than that she is healthy ,happy and goes none stop . She will be in the hospital for four or five days when they do her surgery and they are going to do it ASAP so I guess that means whenever they can get her booked in for it, She will also need another surgery when she is five to repair the hard palate and gum area .

Other than that its been quiet around here she has started to go outside more and doesn`t seem to mind the snow or cold anymore . We have also recieved her citizenship papers so I guess she can say I`m Canadian Eh . well we`ll try to update with some more pics soon but just wanted you all to know how the IWK appointment went.

Kent ,Deanna ,Brandon and Madalyn

A quick update

Well we haven`t updated in a while, we have all been a little sick but starting to feel better now . Madalyn is adjusting to her new surroundings very nicely she continues to amaze us more and more with how well she has adapted to everything .Since our last post we have had quite a few things go on we had a birtyday party for her on the 20th and have introduced her to most of the family but still have some friends that haven`t seen her but will get to them soon we promise.She is completly taken with her big brother as he is with her it`s nice to just sit and watch them interact with one another like the`ve been together forever.anyway here`s a few pics of the last week and half enjoy.

Grampy promised to buy a pony we said no so this is what she got instead and she loves it.

Not to sure whether or not I like this white stuff

Me and my big brother I think I`ll keep him

Madalyn`s birthday party home with family She turned 2 on the 20th.

Kent,Deanna,Brandon and Madalyn

Home Sweet Home

Well we finally made it home ,after being on the phone most of the night trying to get ahold of Air Canada to try and get a different flight we just decided to go to the airport and see what we could get , we knew there was a direct flight and we just got there before everyone else and ended up we got the last 2 seats , but just to be dramatic we had to pick a flight that needed to have a tire changed and delayed that flight by a half an hour but we did arrive on PEI at 1:20 pm .We are alot tired not feeling all that well and maybe even a touch cranky but after a couple of good nights sleep I`m sure we will be back to our usual selves.
We wish we could have been there to see everyone at the airport but the weather just wouldn`t cooperate with us so we will try to get to see everyone shortly.
Kent ,Deanna,Brandon and Madalyn

We`ll try it again tomorrow

Well today was fun it started off they couldn`t find Madalyn`s ticket in the system then we had an enjoyable flight to Halifax When we went to land the pilot had us in the land mode then took off again I guess the shear winds were to bad so we flew back to Montreal just to sit on the plane for a while then they decided to take us back to Toronto and we will try ir again tommorow. We leave here at 11am and when we get to Halifax we don`t have a flight yet we may end up renting a car who knows. Anyway sorry we missed you all at the airport we really did want to come home today but I guess 1 more night in a hotel won`t kill us.
Hopefully will be home tommorow
Kent,Deanna and Madalyn

Well this is it our journey to bring Madalyn home is almost complete we leave tommorow for Canada , It is a little bitter sweet as we are taking adalyn from the only place she has ever known ,everything will be different for her when we get home ,the sights the sounds the smell food it will all be different but after seeing where she came from she will have a better life in P.E.I. ( Hopfully she likes snow ) It was a quiet day for us we went shopping instead of the Forbidden City and Teanaman Square Madalyn is still congested with the cold so we wanted to stay where we could be indoors as it is cold here. Tonight we all went to dinner and had Peking Duck and Yulin had a clown come in and after we all had cake and recieved some gifts from FOI whitch we can`t say enough about, there was nothing that they couldn`t look after as well as our guide Vivian. Not much in the line of new pics the last couple of days as we stayed inside much of it . We will be some happy when tommorow night is over and we touch down in Toronto after a 13 hour flight with babies as there will be other families from other agencies as well as ours. Well thats about bit next post will be from Toronto .Can`t wait to see everyone Friday Hope the weather is good Kent ,Deanna and Madalyn