They Are Still Waiting! -Part One

I came across a very bittersweet email tonight, while going through my saved advocacy emails. This email was from June 16th, 2009. It was from my agency, and it was basically a "snapshot" of the shared list on that very day....along with the descriptions of the agency's designated (assigned) children.
My daughter's agency nickname and info was on that list. And so were the nicknames and info for roughly a thousand or so other children waiting for families to call their own.
We locked my daughter's file that very day, almost 3 years ago.
So I start going through that list, and checking it with this month's shared list. Surely, most of those children were now home with their families too!
I wish that was the case. I wish I could tell you that I didn't find ONE child who still waited for their parents.
But I did. I found hundreds. Hundreds of fake names, dates-of-birth, and diagnoses. My daughter was just a fake name, date-of-birth and a diagnosis. A poorly-translated diagnosis, at that.
So I decided to do something. I am going to share with you all that list. Well, it's sort of a 'new' list, because it now has only those left waiting on the shared list on it.
Please read through this list. Don't overlook a line b/c of the age of the child. Look at every.single.name and ask yourself "Is this my child?" "Could I parent a child with this diagnosis?" "I wonder what this child looks like?" "I wonder what province this child is in?". Open yourself up to the possibility that YOUR child is one of these names, dates, and diagnoses.
And share this post with anyone who might be open to adopting a waiting Chinese child. You just never know...there are Red Threads everywhere:)
Now, without further ado.... Part One of that list:

English Name   Gender    DOB         Special Need

BRISTA       FEMALE   2005-08-28   right inguinal hernia; mental retardation

BELLARD      MALE    1999-07-01   CLEFT LIP/PALATE

CABET        MALE    1999-07-01   Congenital Heart Disease

CURDEN      MALE    2008-10-20    1.congenital microcornea 2. cataract

BALO        MALE     3/18/2003    Cleft Lip/Palate

BENNER      MALE    2002-05-01    Delayed mental development

ADRIEL      FEMALE   2004-03-18    Ophthalmic disease, vision disability of both eyes

ANNER      FEMALE   2000-10-18  Low grade cerebral palsy, left eye anopsia, intelligence        development under the average

BENDER      MALE     2003-04-29    Cerebral palsy

BLUND       MALE     2005-01-22    Cerebral palsy

BROOD       MALE     2002-08-14    Postoperative congenital cataract of both eyes; dropped upper eyelids of both eyes

CODE        MALE     2002-01-27   Ophthalmic disease; glaucoma repaired

CAMMER     MALE     2006-07-21   Blind in both eyes

CARMELO     MALE     2002-04-20   Ophthalmic disease: information not yet translated

CLINTER      MALE     2002-05-10   Blind in both eyes

SQUIRE      MALE     2001-01-12   Cerebral palsy (mild), left side

SPRINGER    MALE     2005-04-06 Opthalmic Disease: congenital microphthalmia of both eyes, coloboma of iris

STORMY     FEMALE   2001-05-30   Delayed mental development (minor)

PELHAM    MALE     2003-02-16   autism

CARE     FEMALE     2006-02-03   Blind in both eyes

PALMA   FEMALE     2005-02-20   congenital corneal leukoma of both eyes, left eye blinded

HOUSTON   MALE    2004-07-16  Ophthalmic Disease: postoperative congenital catarac,later seizure disorders and nystagmus

LISE      FEMALE      2003-11-28  1.corneal staphyloma of right eye ; 2.corneal leukoma of left eye.

IBAN     MALE        2003-03-17   Congenital glaucoma and leukoma of both eyes

HOLLAND   FEMALE     1998-05-24    Congenital first-class blindness

IGNACIO   MALE       2004-02-28    Congenital blindness (corneal leukoma,atretopsia)

IRISH     MALE       2005-09-09    Blind in both eyes

NEVEAH   FEMALE      1998-06-26     Both eyes blind

AFFLECK   MALE      2005-01-24      Blind in both eyes

AFFON    MALE        2006-02-13     Bilateral keratomalacia, right corneal leukoma, left atrophia bulbi.

FARLET   MALE       2001-02-11       Blind, atrophy of both eyeballs

FARGOS  MALE       2004-01-07     Blind, eternal and original proliferation of vitreous body for both eyes

CAMELA   FEMALE    2002-03-05     Congenital anophthalmus of both eyes

FIFET    MALE      1998-02-18    Degenerated globe associated with atrophy of both eyes; no vision of both eyes

FINLAR   MALE     2000-04-01    congenital corneal leukoma, congenital mircophthalmia

FROID        MALE   1999-02-15    Blind, congential atrophy of both eyes

BENJAMIN    MALE    2000-04-01     left eyeball atrophy, leucoma

DALE        MALE    2004-03-19    nanophthalmos of right eye, atrophy of both eyeballs

FRANCIS     MALE    1998-02-28     epilepsy

DEXTER      MALE    2002-04-22     DST abnormal, blindness of both eyes, Blood Rt. (illegible). Results of other items in the physical examination are normal

MARVIN       MALE    2004-09-25    left oblique indirect hernia

GIBDON       MALE    2003-12-25    Postoperative cataract

PANSY       FEMALE   2002-04-01    Cerebral palsy, delayed mental development

EVERETT      MALE    2006-03-09   both eyes acroisa (congenital microphthalmia), corneal macula

HANKLE      MALE      2002-01-20    Congential acroisa

HANS       MALE     2003-01-05    post-operative CHD, mild reflux of bicuspid valve, moderate reflux of AV

HORDON     MALE      2004-05-24   Urinogenital system deformity; Hepatitis B virus carrier

CLAYLA    FEMALE      1999-10-27       Right limb palsy

JAXTON     MALE       2005-08-16       Dysplasia of bilateral cerebral hemisphere

CANDICE   FEMALE      2000-09-01       Postoperative meningocele; deformity of both feet, prolaspe of the anus

JIMLY      MALE       2002-10-08   Congenital cataract (post operation), congential nystagmus

Did you read them ALL?? Good! Now, if you are curious about any of these children, please contact me or comment here. Chances are good that I have more information on them. And chances are good that if I don't have info, I know someone who does;)