Coco is matched!

I received this great news a while ago, but haven't shared yet!

Also wanted to mention here that I will remove photos of the babies (in previous posts) that are matched with families to protect their privacy....

Beautiful Bella

WASATCH has Starfish Bella's file! Somebody go get this beauty!

Email Kathy Junk at kathy@wiaa.org.

WASATCH is easy to work with and will send the file if you fill out a family info sheet.

Kathy is great and quick to respond.

Bella is featured on the Rising Starfish blog!!!

The new Starfish alumni video!!!

Megan has a family!!!!

Xander

This gorgeous boy is currently on the shared list. Boys are so much harder to find families for especially since he has had spina bifida surgery.

He is sitting up and doing well but will need some attention paid to his feet.

I met Xander this summer. He has the most gorgeous eyes, is a little shy around strangers and such a sweet little boy!!!
I have his DOB, send me an e-mail if you want this information:
starfishnederland@gmail.com

Some more information on sweet Coco.

Written by her caretaker:

"Coco came to us at the end of March a few days before her second birthday.

It was shocking how developmentally slow she was. She could not sit up, hold her bottle or anything. Within the first week she was holding her bottle and soon she could her frame in the Ikea high chair. We had a very dedicated volunteer who fell in love with her and they bonded so much. Within a few months she had caught up with so many things. It was simply amazing. She wanted to stack cups, turned pages on books etc. She is really smart and catches on the games really quickly. She got therapy intensively everyday but that has slowed down now to three days a week.

Her right hand is functional, even though the radius is missing. She does not favor either the right or the left hand, but uses the both with equal dexterity.

Heart: She is a heallthy color.

Anal Atresia: In the beginning she just hated having her diaper changed. That has become less of an issue over the last months. There seems be have no after effects from this surgery, but I am not a professional so I can only tell you what I see based on my experiences of previous babies. She does not seem to be incontinent and poops well.

 

She is sitting well and crawls by scooting her bum. She is not on her hands and knees. She is weight baring and as for her walking, she has a great desire to walk. She shows great promise and is putting her one foot in of front of the other while being held. I think she will catch up completely soon.

Meet amazing Coco!!!

Coco is with an agency!!! She's one amazing little girl. She came to Starfish just a few months ago and could not even hold her own bottle and she is almost ready to walk now... she's such a trooper!!!!

This is what the agency has on their website:
She is a curious and outgoing girl. She learns quickly by observing others. She likes to walk with assistance. Instead of crawling, she scoots on her bottom as her right hand is deformed. She can use it to grasp items though. She has had surgery for anal atresia and a heart defect.