We adopted a three-year-old congenital quad amputee. An unstoppable little girl with light in her eyes and fire in her belly.
Our
path to her, like so many adoption stories, was both complicated and
yet simple. She has opened our eyes to a whole new world. We are now
well acquainted with things formerly unknown to us. Things like: medical
acronyms, therapy appointments and adaptive devices.
When
we started down the limb different path, we were a little bit clueless.
In fact my first research foray yielded few results. I later learned
this was because I was searching using the medical diagnosis instead of
the broader term "limb difference."
We're better educated
now. While medical professionals have played a part in that education, what we've learned has largely been gleaned from daily life and other families who have so willingly
shared their stories.
Now it's our turn to share, and so here we are. This is how we live life, limb different.
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On this blog, I refer to my son and daughter respectively, as Luk Chaai and Ying.
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