Ayanna’s Puzzle

by Teresa Taylor

    It’s with HUGE joy that I tell you that our 6 month old flew to Seattle the last part of August.....Ayanna Simone is now "home". She spent 3 weeks at Seattle Children's Hospital for awhile, but we’re not at All Children’s Hospital in Florida anymore…

    For those of you that don't know our adoption story I will share with you...our adoption journey started 4 years ago when we were all ready for a baby....we waited and waited and nothing came of it...we signed up with Betty @ A Little Bit of Heaven and then things started to really happen… but me being impatient and wanting a baby right now we found a birth mom ourselves and the birthmother and her 2 yr old came from FL to live with us and she delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl.....and chose to parent her, so we were all so crushed. 

    Then a year later we heard about an older child from a disrupted adoption and we started that process, but after 5 months he went back to his disrupted home as it wasn't a good fit with our family....so this whole time I am thinking "why isn't this happening" and I kept hearing over & over it will happen when GOD says you’re ready....

    This last May I was at work in the ER when my cell phone rang. The voice on the other end says to me.... “Hello, Teresa are you still looking to adopt?”

I said, “Yes" and she says a AA baby girl was born with severe special needs.... and I said “O.K.”. And then voice on the other end said, “Do you understand? Severe special needs.” And I said "Ok, I heard you...I want her...."  So I told her that I would call her back at the end of my shift and get all of her information.  I called the lady and told her again that we wanted her... She told me that she would start the process....and it's now 4 months later and she is amazing....she was born with Vactral Syndrome, which means no anus, one functioning kidney, and her female organs aren't all hooked up. She was also born with severe tracheamalacia.  She has had 4 major surgeries thus far and is doing better, but we have a long road ahead of us.

    She just recently got a new trach and is not having anymore "death spells".  She has the most amazing temperament and personality it's such a blessing....It was so hard getting the approvals to have her medically air-lifted to Seattle....

    Just a quick note. I had to call the Gov. of Florida and he helped a lot.....

    As of today, November 22, 2010 she is doing so wonderful! She has nursing care that comes in and helps me so I can sleep and get some work done. She is now 16 pounds & 26” inches long. She is only on the CPAP at night just to keep her airway open and give her the support that she needs to rest and grow…and that she is doing! She now has a bottom tooth and is slobbering like a full grown St. Bernard. She is scheduled to have her next big surgery which is called a total urogenital mobilization the first part of January. The team of surgeons that will be doing the surgery say that it’s a very long surgery, so please continue to send your prayers…..as they are so appreciated.

    I took her out in the snow today and she wasn’t too sure she liked it, but she loves to look out the window and watch it fall…..She is still just a happy baby…and she is moving sound thru the trach which is such a wonderful thing…. We see Dr. Andy on the 7th of December for the modified passeymuir valve, so we are excited to hear her roar…..

    Ayanna now has her own blog that an amazing friend that has adopted 10 beautiful kids help me build. Now you all could see her and read how she is doing.

    On her blog there is a puzzle that we are selling pieces of, for $1.00 each. You are welcome to buy more than one piece if you chose, but please help us pass the link around to all that you know interested in helping us. That would be so great......the funds raised from the puzzle will go to Heart of Adoption to finalize her adoption..... I want to thank each of you for taking the time to read "our story"...and wish you all blessings.....and the moral of our story is God will provide and answer your prayers we just have to ask him and be patient......here is the link.....PLEASE pass on to all of your friends, church family, and your facebook friends, and anyone else that you can think of....and we'd love to hear your adoption story too.....after all we are all ONE family.....

www.ayannaspuzzle.blogspot.com

Thank you all & many blessing!!!!

Sam, Teresa, Cameron, & Ayanna Taylor