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It has been a busy month for the Ricci family. We recently adopted our daughter, Lily from Korea. She was flown into NYC with three other children on July 22nd otherwise known as her official "gotcha day." We were very fortunate to have her with us before her 1st birthday, August 11th, so that we could celebrate!! She came with a gigantic duffel bag filled with goodies and a hanbok dress. It is tradition in Korea to where the dress on your 1st birthday. She looked amazing in the vibrant pink colors. I'll have to post some photos!
If anyone is interested, we used the Love The Children agency. We started the adoption application packet in February and she arrived in July. This turn around time is almost unheard of with international adoption. I definitely recommend this agency to anyone who is interested. There is a ton of paperwork but it is very organized. They are a pleasure to work with. Right now we are completing the four home visits by the local case worker, then we will file for adoption. According to our adoption lawyer, we will officially be her legal guardians/parents sometime in the Spring.
As far as Mr. Drew, he is adjusting well to our newest little addition. Unfortunately, I don't have much to update with our recent Florida trip. As soon as we returned, he had a couple skin tags removed but because there was some cartilage involved, he needed general anesthesia. So we stopped the medications from Dr. Hammesfahr right when we returned home. Then he came down with some type of virus along with a double ear infection, so we haven't started him back on them yet.
Dr. Hammesfahr put Drew on a schedule with the medications he prescribed. He is to have 2mg of Vinpocetine in the morning every other day along with a dose of topical Nitroglycerine. The amount of nitro that we use is almost microscopic, maybe enough to cover the tip of my pinky finger...probably less. On the days he isn't receiving these two medications we give him topical Quinapril. The Quinapril is in a bunch of syringes and we give him 0.5ml of the cream. It's very tiny too. I'm probably going to start him back up on these medications later in the week or next week. We are supposed to wait at least one week after Drew recuperates from any type of illness.
I am also trying to work on our latest endeavor with Drew's therapy. I am trying to obtain prescriptions for an HBOT soft chamber, an oxygen concentrator, and for oxygen. The plan is to have Drew spend an hour every day in the chamber hopefully with Grandma. Mom, it's supposed to help improve memory too!! Wish me luck!
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