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.

More Megan pics

Megan has a family!!!!!

This is on the agency website  about her:

 This pretty girl likes to go for walks outside. She is such a sweetie. She can sit and feed herself. She prefers to be with her caregivers. She is rather shy. She has delayed physical development and appears to have CP. She can sit up with assistance, but is not able to walk. Her fine motor skills are delayed.

I'm at Starfish, new Megan pictures!!!

Megan has a family!

New Megan pics!!!

Megan has a family!

These are from last week... she's such a cutie!

I haven't heard if she's been matched yet, but if not, I understand she will be on the shared list again soon.

Still hoping it won't take a long time before her family will find her!!!

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Baby Bella needs us... UPDATE!!!

UPDATE! Less then $615 needed to fund Bella's surgery!

Please, please visit http://risingstarfish.blogspot.com/ and

make a difference to beautiful Bella. She needs surgery!



Megan still needs her family to find her!!!

Megan has a family!!!!
I'm repeating a post about Megan with an update as recent as May 2011!!!:

She can pick up food and put in her mouth, and she can also bear weight when placed in a standing position.  She does not have a lot of strength in her core area, which would really help her ability to be mobile.  She receives some therapy at Starfish, but needs more aggressive therapies to help her get stronger.  The types of therapy available in China are not the same caliber as available in the US and other countries. One family did donate a small pool, floaties and rings for Megan to do some water therapy.  This will be helpful, but she needs a family to love her, provide a consistent routine, and get her started on the occupational and physical therapies she very much needs.  She is a precious little girl, and can so quickly see the difference in her surroundings and people around her.

Sally

Sally has a family!!!!!

Mila's family found her!!!!

Operation Starfish

May I introduce you to a 13 year old volunteer who is fundraising for Starfish? This is her Etsy shop

(click on the logo to visit her etsy shop)

Her name is Rachel and she is 13 years old. In April of 2011 she went to Xian, China to volunteer at the Starfish Foster Home for a week. Starfish takes care of children with special health needs from the local orphanages. These children stay with them until they are adopted. She was inspired on her trip and wanted to do more. Her goal is to raise $3000 for the babies' surgeries this year. 100% of the proceeds from this etsy shop will go towards helping the Starfish Foster Home.

What an amazing thing to do for a 13 year old!!!! I really admire her for doing this!

And this is adorable Mila

Isn't she gorgeous? She was born with Spina Bifida and had surgery.

I found out this morning that she can run!!!

Mila is matched!!!!

Another Starfish: Sally

Sally's dossier is at (Update: Lifeline with Kathy Storro)
They got an update from the CCAA in april. Sally was born with Spina Bifida. She had surgery to have the SB repaired and they put in a shunt.
She is sitting, standing with help and uses her legs to push
herself in a walker.

This is adorable, chunkey monkey Sally:

A thank you from Jack's family

Kelly asked me to put this on my blog:
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Dearest fans of Jack!
 Thank you so much for your help in bringing Jack home from China.
Your donations will help pay our agency fee which will be due
in the next month.
We are so blessed to have help from around the world and know that your good thoughts and prayers have helped Jack while he is waiting for us.
Our family is so excited to give Jack a home with love abounding.
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Sincerely, Kelly and Bill Rumbaugh and ALL of jack's siblings!!!

Donations to Jack's fund.

Some news for the people that donated to Jack's fund: I made sure Jack's new family got the money today. Thanks to all of you they got:

Update: I forgot to include a donation from last january...  so the grand total is now $ 636.71 !

THANK YOU FOR DONATING!