Amy

Amy is 3, she was born in Wuwei, Gansu China. She became a forever member of our family last summer.
Amy is scheduled to have surgery on her spine Wednesday. She has
Spina Bifida, a condition where a child is born with problems with the
spinal cord because it was not completely formed in the womb. The
Spinal Cord and the vertebrae are not fused closed as they should be
so nerves poke through spaced between the bones instead of down
through the lower body. Spina Bifida can cause no problems or severe
problems like no movement from the waist down, depending on the size
of the openings. Amy has a slight limp which we now know is from her
Spina Bifia and not her foot that is smaller than the other. Her
spinal cord is tethered to a bone spur at the base of her spine
instead of free floating as ours are. Without surgery, she could loose
her ability to walk very soon. She has gone through a growth spurt
lately and we are starting to notice problems due to the spinal cord
starting to stretch. We have had several doctors look at her MRIs and
they have no idea how she is able to walk as it is. We are anxious
for her to have surgery and nervous at the same time. She had surgery
on her back when she was one ( we followed her surgery then and decided then that she was OURS!) and there is a lot of scar tissue the doctors will have to work around this time.
She is having surgery at 7 in the morning tomorrow.
We covet your prayers for Amy.

our Amy