Whatever Wednesday

Each Wednesday we post links from the previous week that touch on special needs adoption. Our hope is that these small snapshots provide you with a glimpse of life after adopting through China's waiting child program... both the long-term blessings and the challenges that come with parenting a child with special needs. We also hope to raise awareness about a variety of special needs.

Conversations with Jake: Home Six Months -- adoptive momma (China) Heather at Noodles, Tea and a Didi, Please!... a six-month update, just one week before surgery

The Long and Winding Road: Day 178983307402 -- adoptive momma (China) Robin at Dreaming of Tea for Three... navigating sinusitis and ear troubles leads (finally!) to surgery

Georgia's heart... the whole story -- adoptive momma (China) Shannon at Throwing Our Arms Wide Open... after receiving the all-clear three months ago, a little girl's heart shows signs of arrhythmia, which is extremely dangerous after having had open heart surgery

Bye Bye Spleen! Surgery Update -- adoptive momma (China) Diana at First a Pearl, Then Two Rubies... on her daughter's spleen surgery

Born Beneath the Moon -- adoptive momma (China) Shirlee McCoy at And Then There Were Seven... listening in on a conversation between her daughter, who has albinism, and another child at karate class

What we've been up to -- adoptive parents (China) Aaron and Erica at Praying for You You... on the choice to have their daughter undergo a double switch surgery - or not

Spina Bifida Awareness Month -- momma Karen at 5 Minutes for Special Needs... some information and blog links that are spina bifida specific

Raising Emma -- adoptive momma (China) Jean at There's No Place Like Home!... on these first few months home with their newly adopted daughters, and cognitive delays

Success... -- adoptive momma (China) Joanna B at Waiting for Two... on her daughter's heart surgery earlier this week