Sad News from China

Back in July we were asked whether or not we wanted Addison's lip to be repaired in China. We knew that it had been attempted back in May but she was sick and it wasn't able to be done. The SWI had rescheduled it to be done at the end of July. We were also told that whatever we had decided, China would still do what they thought was best. After much thought and prayer we said, "Yes, if China thinks it needs to be done, then they can go ahead and do it."

We got an email today saying:

Today the orphanage contacted me and told me that the surgery for Wu Chun Xing’s cleft lip was finished, but it was not successful, because after the surgery was done, she always cried loudly which affected recovery of her wound and her wound split again.
Here attached please find her current picture.
Also the orphanage told me that they did not get her discharge record for this surgery.

Both Bob and I are sick over this. Why didn't they use better pain management? Will this effect her future repair? Why did she have to be in so much pain?!?!? We can only hope and pray that whatever they did won't get infected or become worse and that the surgeons in the states will be able to correct whatever has been done.

The good news is that they sent us an updated picture. We think it was taken before her surgery attempt since there is no redness. She looks to be growing and seems to still be in good health. We just pray that the Chinese government will speed things along so that we can have her in our arms soon.