We’re David and Lois McBeath. We live in Point Pleasant, WV – a small town along the Ohio River on the western side of the state. We have 2 sons. Austin is 15. He’s a sophomore at Pt. Pleasant High School. Darrell is almost 12. He’s in the 6th grade at Roosevelt Elementary.
We actually began our adoption journey more than 10 years ago. I saw an ad in the newspaper about Chinese babies. We called about it, but it just wasn’t even feasible at that time in our life. All these years, it was always there, stuck somewhere in the back of our minds. I don't know why exactly – it just was. The thought never completely went away.
We also talked off and on about having another child. Our house was only 3 bedrooms, and we know the boys could have been in a room together, but we didn't want to do that if we didn't have to. In the spring of 2006, for some reason (I don't recall exactly what) - it came up again. We started thinking and talking - why not? So we started checking into it more. We did a lot of research online. The more we found out, the more we felt a calling, a desire and even a need to do this.
We started the adoption and added onto the house all at the same time. It took about 6 months to get the paperwork together. Then about another month after we sent it to China for them to translate it and 'log us in' (11/6/06). That's when we started to officially wait.
We finally got "THE CALL" on 7/13/08. It was a Sunday afternoon! After 2 ½ years, we are finally going to get our baby!


Leila Ann McBeath, formally known as Shun Xi Yi, was born on Oct 29, 2007. She had a cleft lip and cleft palate. The lip has been repaired, but not the palate. (We'll have to do that when we get her home.) She's in the Children's Welfare Institute of Shunde District of Foshan City, which is located in the Guangdong Province, in the southern part of China.

Shunde, the hometown of flowers, is one of four cities under the jurisdiction of Foshan City. Covering an area of 806 sq meters and with a population of 1.05 million, Shunde City is situated in the middle of the fertile Pearl River Delta, between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It was set up as a county in the 3rd year (1452 AD) of the Jintai reign of the Ming Dynasy (1368-1644), and conferred with the administrative status of a city in 1992 by the State Council.

Foshan City is also where the actor Bruce Lee was from.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A Hospital Visit

Okay, Leila was sick last week and saw the doctor twice.
We thought she was getting all better.
Other than being cranky and tired, she was fine over the weekend.
Then, on Monday she got up with a temp of 101.
Well, that didn't bother me too much - except for the fact that she was still on antibiotics.
It went to 102.3 on Tues, so I called the doctor.
She wanted to see her, so back we went.
They ran a few tests, but couldn't figure anything out.
On Wednesday, it went to 102.4.
No other symptoms - just fever.
Dr. Bailey wanted me to take her to the hospital, because she was at a loss at that point.
We went to Cabell Huntington on Wed afternoon, and they admitted her.
They ran LOTS of tests, for lots of things, but everything came back normal.
That was good in that she didn't have all those things - but bad in that we still didn't know what the problem was.
After being fever-free for 24 hrs, they finally discharged her on Friday afternoon.
Still no answers.
Possibly it was a virus and that got better and then came back.
Possibly it was one virus last week and then another one this week.
Who knows?
But she seems better - and we're home now - I guess that's all that matters.

1 comment:

Kimberly said...

Leila looks just pitiful in her hospital bed! So glad she is better now. What a nerve-wracking week for you though!

February 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM

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