The Snake and the Doctor
The adoption Miracle
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Sweetheart was in big trouble. The snake venom or whatever the medicine was that he gave Honey last night hadn’t worked! He thought it had done the trick, but Honey now had a fever. His gloating the evening before had only made this morning’s situation worse. Anyway, it appeared to me that she was slowly becoming more and more ill. I was born in the year of the snake (2001), which meant that I shouldn’t have a mother born in the same year as me. Was Honey born in the year of the snake? If Sweetheart had been born in the year of the snake, this would even be worse!
Honey was not doing well. Sweetheart had abandoned all snake medicines and opted for contacting someone who must know more. With the assistance of the Chinese girls who spoke his language he sought out a woman who came to the room where Honey was in bed. This woman had a long white coat, a badge with her name on it and she had a funny black rope with metal on the ends that hung around her neck. At the other end of the black rope was a small, round, and flat metal piece.
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About the Book
Three years ago, adopting a child from China was the furthest thing from our minds since we had enough trouble parenting our own 3 biological children. We were moved to adopt a fourth child because of the incredibly high percentage of small girls in China that needed homes. This book is a simple attempt to record what it was that our 1-year-old daughter must have thought, and how difficult this must have been for her (at the time), even though she would likely never remember anything of her Chinese past.
About the Author
The author and his wife are caretakers of 4 really great people ranging from 2 to 9 years old. Dana was their 4th miracle. He is a Professor in a small university town and has extensive living and working experience in Central America and Mexico. His wife is an attorney who also lived and worked abroad in the Philippines.