Healing

Sorry for the delay, but it has been a LOOOOONG week.  We got an email at the beginning of the week with new pictures of Owen's burns and a video.  It was in an unusual format so it took our agency 2 days to open it.  Essentially, his burn is healing well.  The pictures look really good so now all we can do is pray they continue follow up massage and physical therapy to keep the scar tissue as loose as possible.  He does not appear to be in any pain so we are thankful for that information.  The video was just to much people!!!  2 full minutes of him crawling around being absolutely adorable!!!!  I mean seriously he is so stinkin cute!!!  I just can't wait to kiss those little cheeks.

Monday night our online auction ended.  It was a HUGE success.  Thank You seems insufficient, but THANK YOU to everyone who donated, bid and spread the word.  We made enough to cover about 80% of our hotel costs in China which is a huge blessing (try living in a hotel for 2 weeks, it gets pricey!).  I still have a few things to mail out, but this fundraiser is almost complete.

The bad news is we still don't have our LOA : (  Today is day 93 of the LOA wait.  At this point in Konnor's adoption process we were just a few weeks away from traveling to bring him home.  I am just heartbroken right now with how long this is taking.  Our agency is appalled and they are constantly requesting updates on our status.  Unfortunately there is a real possibility we won't travel to bring Owen home until May (I am sick just typing that sentence).  The problem is that Chinese New Year is coming up and the government shuts down over there for a couple weeks to celebrate.  We will also run into to the Trade Fair in April that starts 4/15?  During that time hotel prices skyrocket and we just can't afford the additional money to travel during those two weeks.  I am still crossing fingers that if our approval comes this week we might be able to squeak in at the beginning of April to travel, but I am trying not to get my hopes up about that.

So right now we are just waiting. I will keep you posted as soon as we find something out (I am sure you will all hear me screaming when we get LOA).   Don't forget to check out our essential oils fundraiser!

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