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Jen - South Africa

A blog on the project to South Africa working in an orphanage

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

news on Melinda, my baby

hi guys
Some bad news but some good news too...

Bad news...
Melinda, we found, is positive for Cornelia de Lange syndrome (which has a short life expectancy) Basically its a condiiton in her genes which affect her growth both mentally and physically...


good news...
There has been a local family that fell in love with her before we got the results of her test. At first they couldn’t see how they could still take her, but have since changed their minds. They will hopefully complete the adoption this month. What a blessing for her to have a family that loves her enough to go through such pain knowingly!

i cried when I foudn out about my little angels condition, not a day goes by without me thinking about her... Im just happy she is having a home and will grow up somewhere where she isloved unconditionally...