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Update October
2006
Dear Friends and
Supporters,
Joey,
We have been keeping
you updated about Joey. The latest is that we have had a second opinion from
a top neuropathologist from John Hopkins hospital who confirms the diagnosis
and that his cancer will not respond to treatment. The plan now is for Joey
to remain in Beijing till mid November when Lyn Gould, our resident nurse
returns to China to be stationed in our Palliative Care unit in Luoyang
orphanage. Joey comes from this orphanage and he will be put in her capable
hands. We know that he will receive the best of care. He is currently not
in any pain or discomfort. We are very grateful to all of you have prayed
for him, cared for him and provided funds. We are grateful for his surgeons,
doctors, pathologists, nurses and volunteers who have given their skills and
precious time to help this baby. There are too many of you to name and some
of you we have never met personally, but we are still indebted to you for
your compassion throughout this ordeal. Please continue to keep him in
your prayers.
The funds that have
been donated for Joey will be used for his continued care and any left over
will be go help other HFH children with urgent needs. For those of
you who have given generously, if you have any
concerns about the use of the extra funds, please don’t hesitate to contact
us.
1) Foster Home Shunyi, Beijing ( 38 beds)
The babies
We have had an outbreak
of chicken pox which we suppose is to be expected when one has so many kids
but they are recovering without too many complications. This reduced our
numbers going for plastic surgery this year provided by Love
Without Boundaries and only 5 (instead of 7) went
from Beijing.
 
Fu Gao Fei
Fu Jin Jin Aurora
Fu
Gao Fei and Fu Jin Jin
have had to be readmitted to hospital for shunt infections but they are now
home and recovering well.
Aurora
Kui Xin Dong has been discharged from
hospital in Singapore and is expected home early next month. She went
through a very rough time post-operatively but is now well and on her feet.
Some of you may remember that Aurora was deemed “inoperable” because her
heart condition was rather complicated. Again we express our deepest
gratitude to the Surgeons and staff of KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
for saving her life and to her foster family in Singapore for their
dedicated care.
Gabriella Beth Fu Xiao Meng
leaves us in a couple of days to be adopted. She had been with us for the
past 2 years. It’s great for her to have a family of her own.
Volunteers.
We appreciate the work
done by Caroline G., Kathy and Katie T, the groups of 24 students and staff
from Queen Mary High School (UK) and 15 students and staff from Pathlight
School for autistic children (Singapore). We hope that our staff and
children have been a blessing to them as they have been to us.
2) Love Without Boundaries Shunyi Outreach Foster
Program. ( currently 15 children with possible
maximum of 20)
These children have
remained well. William Fu Wen Xing
was to be adopted but due to unforeseen circumstances he will soon be
returned to us in Beijing. His Foster Family has been given another child
Fu Hai Sheng and he has settled
in very well. William will remain with us till his adoption can be sorted
out, we hope very soon.
3) HFH Special Care Unit, Jiaozuo, Henan Province: ( 12
beds)
We have had a new
admission, Fu Jiang Ning who
has Down’s syndrome, failure to thrive, dehydration and a heart defect. She
is improving. Daisy Lois Fu Chun Yi
died on October 7th after a long struggle with brain infections.
She had been with us since birth, for the past 17 months and had undergone
several surgeries. She was peaceful at the end.
Lena Fu Xue Lang died peacefully
in her sleep on October 26th To date
81 children have been admitted to this unit and 34 have died.
Volunteers.
We
thank Janice B and Jamie I. (US) and Noel and Erica G (Ireland) for coming
back to the unit to serve. We also thank Parveen K. from Singapore KK
Women’s and Children’s Hospital for establishing a Physical Therapy program
for us. Thanks to this hospital, our children both in Beijing and Jiaozuo
now receive daily PT.
4) Heartbridge Rehabilitation Unit ( 9 beds)
Love
Without Boundaries, amongst their other major
achievements, facilitates and funds about 60 surgeries for orphans in China
every month. Many of these children come from very small Welfare homes in
the more remote parts of China and have little access to treatment. Many of
them die before and after surgery because of inadequate care. To help this
situation in a very small way, we have offered them a room in our Beijing
Home to provide pre and post operative care for the children to ensure that
they are healthy enough to receive surgery and are healthy enough to be
returned to their orphanages after surgery. This unit opened this month. 14
new nannies have been trained and they are funded by LWB.
  
Staff and babies
Jin Yang (Sept). Jin Yang (Oct)
Huai Chun Cong
Dang
Jin Yang
whom we admitted last month has been moved to this unit and is improving. We
promised an updated photo of her. See the difference a little love makes. Huai
Chun Cong from Anhui province has had heart surgery but is still
very malnourished and weak.
5) HFH Special Care Unit, Luoyang, Henan Province: (45 beds)
4 of the children in
this unit left to receive cleft surgeries this month provided by Love
Without Boundaries.
Our Most Sincere Thanks To;
1)
James G. for the loan of his bouncy castle
during the October holidays. The kids had a wonderful time.
2)
Various visitors and volunteers who brought
in medical supplies.
3)
Our wonderful financial supporters who have
been so generous.
Our Needs:
We are in need of the
following items;
1)
Portable playpens such as pictured
below
2)
Warm baby clothes especially sleepers for
ages 0-3 years
3)
Bibs
4)
Medically trained
volunteers are urgently needed in our units in Henan for next year.
Application forms are on our website or email
Lyn@hopefosterhome.com
5)
Pacifiers, any size, any brand.
6) Funds (approximately $20,000) to purchase a
vehicle in Henan province which will be used to transport volunteers, babies
and supplies between our two units there.
With
our deepest gratitude
Joyce and Robin Hill
One of the secrets of life is
that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll
Dr
Joyce Hill MBBS, FRACGP
Director
Hope Foster Home
Beijing,
P.R. China
Cell phone 13801351244
www.hopefosterhome.com
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