Praise the Lord!!!

Ruthie has had a very l-o-n-g week.
On Monday she had a doctor's visit at the International Adoption Clinic at Children's Hospital for her follow-up visit from 3 weeks ago to get the results of her lab work and and eval of how she is adjusting. She did great for the first couple of hours but got tired of all the poking and prodding and REALLY got tired of people making her string beads, hop on one foot and mimic English words.

Tuesday she had her first day at preschool (actually 1/2 day). Her teacher said she was fine as long as they were in free play but as soon as they sat down at the table to work on learning the alphabet she began to cry. Now, when Ruthie Jun cries it is a big deal. She does not simply cry, she screeches and leaks a river of tears. She doesn't cry often, but when she does...look out.
We have gotten used to it and kinda laugh about it because the little heifer can turn it on and off like a light switch, but her teachers kinda freaked and did exactly like she wanted: carried her, babied her and let her go back to free time. Guess thats a perk of not speaking English, a 3 year old can scare adults to death:>
After we picked her up she was off to her pediatrician's office to get her immunizations up to date. 4 shots in the leg later we were off to the dentist for her first teeth cleaning (and you all know she was ALL about this).
I am sure many people would ask the question "Why", "Why would ANY reasonable person schedule so much bad stuff for one day?", well it wasn't planned but it just kinda worked out that way, but it is over now and we lived through it. Ruthie was coddled all afternoon and she was lovin it.

Wednesday we spent the ENTIRE day at the Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate clinic. In the morning you meet with the various therapist (speach, language, hearing...) and in the afternoon you meet with the team of physicians (orthodontics, ENT, plastic's...).
I knew from the day we met Ruthie that there was something strange about her paperwork and her diagnosis of a severe cleft palate. I had never actually seen a cleft palate patient, but had done lots and lots of research and kinda knew what they were SUPPOSE to look like and I knew that Ruthie did not fit the bill.
After the physicians looked her over they confirmed what I had suspected. Ruthie Jun does not now, nor has she ever had a cleft palate. She has a broken alveolus bone (the upper front part of the mouth) that may or may not need surgery when she is older, but other than the repaired cleft lip she is FINE!!!
PRAISE GOD!!!!
They said that she needs NOTHING until her front teeth naturally fall out at age 6 or 7 and then may need a bone graft and braces. Well, we are currently paying for our 3rd set of braces for the family so what is one more:>
Her lip scar looks really good and the doctors feel it may fade in time, but if not she may need some plastic surgery later in life.
Again, God is SO good!!!