How to Deal...

Brent's done with surgery. They brought the lithotripsy machine down to this hospital for him and did a lithotripsy this afternoon. They were able to "pulverize" (doctor's words) both stones. He's still in a fair amount of pain, as they were expecting. They're going to keep him overnight again. Hopefully we'll have a happy Brent again soon. Thank you, Amy and Andrea, for taking such good care of him today.

The doctor that did rounds on the floor last night shared an interesting story. He has a colleague who has adopted two children from China. His daughter was 2 when they brought her home from the orphanage. He said when she got her she started refusing to interact with people who tried to speak to her in Chinese. To this day, she won't speak to Asian people unless they speak English to her. He said they figure it was her young mind's way of dealing with the difficulties of being in an orphanage and the massive change of being brought to the USA.

I've wondered for sometime what Lexi will deal with as she tries to make the transition to her new home. I'm still terribly optimistic that Nathan will be young enough that it will be easier for him. There's still no way to know how long we're going to have to wait to bring them home. I just hope and pray that we're able to help them get through the current wait and the next transition and help them to grow to be strong, productive, confident people.