Richmond Women's Lacrosse
Adopted: May 2008
Katie was born in Richmond, VA, on October 25th, 2000. Her first year was typical but just after her first birthday Katie developed nystagmus -- the horizontal movement of her eyes. Since she just had her 1 year immunizations, we thought she was having a reaction to the shots. The next day the eye movement was still pronounced and a phone call to the pediatrician did nothing to ease our minds. When told about Katie's eyes the next question was "Is Katie responsive?" An MRI the following day revealed a walnut sized mass in the middle of Katie's brain along her optic nerves. She had a craniotomy a week after the MRI to try to remove the tumor. Very little was removed.
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St. Joseph's Women's Lacrosse
Adopted: February 2008
Adoption Story from CSTV
Let me tell you a little something about my daughter Carly. Carly has been a fighter since conception and has battled her way through many events. Throughout my pregnancy, Carly insisted on coming early and although we fought very hard to keep her at bay, Carly was born 7 week earlier than expected. Fortunately she had no effects from the early birth except being placed on a heart monitor for six months. So I new from then that she was someone very special not just because she was my daughter but because she was a fighter and in what was to come in her life the best position to be in.
