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Hi I am SHelley Mom to six including a 29 weeks preemie.
Our Emma was born @ 29 weeks due to her birthmother having toxemia. We traveled to Korea in Aug. 2003 to bring her home.
I have to tell you when I first read her file I didn't pay much attention because she was sooo premature, but as days and then weeks went by I found myself being drawn back to the beautiful dark eyes.
My dh was adamant at first about not adopting her, because he was afraid, she had had a grade one brainbleed, possible hypertonicity and any number of unknowns. Plus the fact that ds #2 convinced him she looked like an alien in her referral photo's. I got him to agree to let an international Doc look at her file, and while he couldn't make any gaurantee's he thought she would be just fine, and so she is.
Today she is a very active, dramatic almost 4 yo who loves to dance and sing and charm he Daddy and big brothers. Other than very soft teeth, which we didn't know was a problem for preemies, we had to have her top 4 ront teeth pulled, she's fine. She has finally grown into her big head and no longer resemebles an alien :-) and she has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger. Shelley
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