We Have a Referral!

Today has been nothing short of a blurred, whirlwind of a day. Our lives have taken a pleasantly unexpected turn today when we received a call this afternoon from Yen (our Adoption Coordinator for the Vietnam (VN) program at CHSFS). Yen, through a conference call notified Eric and I that we were being presented with the referral of a 22-month-old little boy living in an orphanage in the Vinh Long (hence and forever abbreviated VL) named Vo Phuc Nhan.

All I can say is that I fell in love with that sweet face. He is the most adorable boy I have ever seen! We have also received basic biographical information (fortunately, we have serial growth measurements from his 3 wk checkup to his most recent checkup in May).

From what I remember in the deep, deep subconscious brain-firing neurons from my pediatrics course (in nursing school about 10 years ago) regarding growth and development charts for toddlers, our little boy is developing at a normal rate physically.

Our next step is to have his picture and medical records reviewed by a physician with specialization in international adoption. Fortunately, we have a physician in our area, Dr. David Douglass at Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in Concord (For the Children International Adoption Medical Services) who provides pre-adoption personal phone consultations. We're off to his website to take the next step in our journey!!!