Before and After

These photos are for comparison purposes.  They help me to see just how much of a miracle we have witnessed!

 Before

After

Just a little bruising left and some bacitracin on the upper lip and nose tubes. Truely amazing!

Holy Snow!

I'm betting Maggie has never seen snow and I sure never thought she would see it here in San Antonio.

Wow what is this stuff. It sure is cold!

New Smile

Maggie has a new smile!  Some of the photos are blurry because she is running to me and I'm trying to take her picture before she gets to me.

Every day after surgery is a better day!  Bruising is setting in but believe me she is feeling MUCH better!

Matthew always gets her to smile.

We haven't worn no no's in a couple of days and Maggie only has taken her bandaid off.  It can stay off as of Sunday anyway.  The nose tubes will stay in a couple of weeks and will be harder to keep her away from I think.  Eating is not back to normal but is getting better!  Thank you for praying for her!

Day after surgery

Maggie is pretty miserable!  She has to wear "no no's" on her arms to keep her from picking at her face.  Let me say these make her so MAD.  She wakes up multiple times angry about them.  She hates her ear drops (for the tubes) and taking her medicine is a 2 person job involving holding her down etc.
Thankfully the power of distraction is high with Maggie.  We decided to go to the zoo as the weather was beautiful!

When she is busy she forgets to try to take the bandaid off her face.

Looking at the Prairie Dogs

Maggie has a new look!

She enjoyed watching Daddy feed the birds but wanted no part of it herself.

We got through the whole day without wearing the no no's.  Afterward she slept long and well also with out the no no's!

Surgery Day

Maggie Had Lip Revision and Ear Tube Placement Surgery Jan 26.

We arrived at 8:00am for a 9:30 surgery time but our time got bumped back to 10:45 so Maggie played happily in the hospital play room.

Note the shoes!

Wearing a diaper does have its advantages!

Too busy to look at me.

These are the last cleft smiles we will see.

Maggie was in surgery 2 hours and all went well.  We left the hospital at 2:30 pm both of us a little insecure about the fact that we were leaving so quickly after getting out of surgery!  Maggie ate a cup of ice on the way home and was crying and fussy so we made getting her Tylenol #3 a priority to get.  She soon slept the afternoon away.

Friends

Today we had some new friends come over.  Miss Rosy Mei and Mrs. Katy O'Neill heard about us through another friend who has adopted.  It turns out that Rosy Mei is from the same Social Welfare Institute in Maoming City, Guangdong Province as Maggie Rose!  Rosy is almost 3 and came home in Sept. 2009 just 2 months before Maggie was brought to the orphanage.  Rosy also had a unilateral cleft lip and palate just like Maggie and has already been repaired by the same surgeon we are using.  Katy told me we should have such confidence in our surgeon because he has lots of experience closing older children's palates and still goes back to China yearly to do mission "cleft surgery" trips yearly.  AMAZING provision from God!  Katy gave me tips for post surgery etc.  SO  wonderful, and isn't Rosy beautiful!

Maggie was a bit fussy, and unsure if she was going to have to share me.

Maggie and Rosy bond over a tub of beans (thank you again Grancy!)

My flexible Maggie is asking Rosy to pour beans over her head.  So silly!

Max the Cat is also Maggie's friend.  He likes to watch from on high while Maggie has her bath.

Which she has to have after a meal like this!

We thank God for the provision he has given us and for provisions he has in store.  Time and time again HE has shown himself to be faithful providing when we don't know we needed it! Katy's husband (military Dr.) has orders to move to Washington State in June.  So the timing is amazing!

Ready to Go to Houston

Maggie looks smashing in the outfit Aunt Staci sent ready to see the International Adoption Pediatrician in Houston!  Don't all women dress up to see the Dr.?

Dr said Maggie has ZERO developmental delays!  Yeah!  Except speech, but no delays from living in an orphanage for over a year!  She got 4 shots today.  Boo!  She cried for about 2 min and that was it.  She is in the 3% for weight and head circ. but we knew she was tiny.  Now all we have to do is fatten her up before her surgery!  Pudding, yum!

Brother Matthew has helped with the bath for the past 2 nights and thinks its hilarious to give Maggie a Mohawk!  Someday you can get him back Maggie!  But you know he loves you!