Social Welfare Institute of Maoming City (SWI)

She is in the Social Welfare Institute of Maoming City in the Guandong Province. Here are a few website to show you what her Institute looks like…
http://maoming.homestead.com/ - SWI web site
http://maoming.homestead.com/Photos.html - These photos are from 2004. The second photo down is of the gate where Violet was found at three days old. This also shows the play area, what the infant rooms look like, bed arrangement (no bedding), how they are fed, and the cleanliness.
http://www.research-china.org/swi/guangdong/maoming.htm - Shows SWI before the 1999 renovation. If you click on “Photos” then go down under the Guangdong Province click on “Maoming/Maonan/Maogang”
Page 2: photos 35-41 show the Guandu Market which is on the same road as SWI
Page 5: photos 100-110 are of the SWI play area and staff
Page 5: photos 111-117 are photos of the SWI gate
Page 10: photos 222-226 are interesting photos of farming life
http://homepage.mac.com/chinamah/2006/PhotoAlbum211.html - This is a family’s trip to pick up their child in 2006. In Violet’s medical it said “She can stand while holding onto the rails.” The fourth and fifth photos from the end show the “rails”. At the top of the page there are other Maoming photos:
Maoming July 6 dining | 6 July ltr from Maoming part 1 | 6 July ltr from Maoming part 2 | maoming social welfare institute | 7 July ltr from Maoming visit to SWI | 8 July ltr from Maoming: visit w the Chen's | July 8 Maoming noodles market...

At 15 months old

We asked for an update of measurements and photos and Ming Hua He, the Chinese coordinator with AAI, received two new photos with the update: “She eats rice, congee, milk with rice cereal and fruit. She likes chicken and candy. She is not a picky eater. She is very cheerful, bright and adorable.” Not exactly what we were looking for but better than nothing!

Half The Sky Grandma Program
The person with her is part of the Half the Sky Grandma Program, you can visit their web site at http://www.halfthesky.org/about/index.php Half the Sky offers the love and concern of family for thousands of orphaned children in China who have lost theirs. Their goal is to ensure that every one of China's orphans has a caring adult in her life.

A Crazy 26 Hours Resulting In “YES”

At 9:50am on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Laura Bussa from Adoption Associates Inc. (AAI), our agency, called and told me that she “thought she had found the perfect girl for us". After numerous referrals you harden yourself and the skepticism is constant, but when I saw her photos and read her medical, I felt a glimmer of hope. Immediately forwarding the emails, her first 5 photos and her medical files to Todd, I called anxiously wanting his gut reaction. His thought was that if all is as it seems he was ready to accept her referral. We downloaded her medical and photos to Dr. Jerri Jenista, who specialized in international adoption medical reviews, eagerly waiting for her comments. Karl flew in that afternoon from another medical residence interview and I called and asked him if he could stop by that evening to give her file a read thru, helping us come up with educated questions to ask Dr. Janista. I remember saying “I think this is the one, but still trying to be cautiously optimistic.” Karl thought it looked straight forward unlike the other referrals we had received but gave us a few questions to ask Dr. Janista. It was a crazy 26 hours. We didn’t get thru to Dr. Janista until 11:30am on Thursday and we needed to let AAI know by noon. After her call I quickly calling Todd explaining that Dr. Janista’s only concerns were that she had a mild anemia and would have to be tested for iron and lead immediately, that a number of surgeries would be needed to repair her cleft palate, but she felt that her cleft lip surgery looked like it was done well. I called Laura and said “YES TO XIN JUE".

At 10 months old

From her translated medical file:
At 10 months she likes outdoor activities. She puts into mouth everything that she can get. She likes colorful toys that make sound. She can crawl for a while to get what she wants. She can stand while holding onto the rails. She can change her position easily. Now she can walk on her own, but sometimes will fall down, leaving marks on her face. She has two teeth. She likes it that the caretaker holds her. She smiles happily in the caretaker’s arms. Caretakers and the Grandma all love her. She brings happiness to SWI.

From her Chinese medical file at 10 months she can:
Motor Development: Hold her head up while lying on her stomach, roll from supine to prone position by herself, grasps toy near her hand, takes a toy block in one hand then taking another one by using her other hand, she sits alone quite steadily, she tears paper (interesting… hmmm), crawls on hands and knees, stands alone for a moment, she stands with her hand holding onto support, picks up small things like beans with her fingers, uses thumbs and index fingers deftly, and walks with one hand being held.
Adaptability: She can locate the direction of sounds/voice, visually follows moving toys, holds blocks on each hand at the same time, looks for a dropped toy, transfers a block from one hand to the other, reaches and grasps a toy beyond, takes a toy block out of the cup, puts the block into a cup, and bangs two blocks together.
Language and Sociality: Follows you with moving head from one side to the other, laughs aloud, distinguishes between acquaintance and strangers, sounds directed at someone or something, eats biscuits without help, knows name and turns when called, imitates sound, and responds to the facial expression of adults.
Personalities: She is active, found of listening to music, fond of playing with toys, has a ready smile, quick in reaction, fond of playing games, and obstinate sometimes (hmmm…).

At 7 months old

Mao Xin Jue’s Translated Medical File
In the translated medical file it said that she was found abandoned and picked up on October 23, 2007 at the gate of the Social Welfare Institute (SWI) on the South Guandu Road, Maoming City. She was dressed in the white infant cloth and wrapped in an adult's coat. The police tried every means but could not find her biological parents, and she was brought to SWI on October 23, 2007 by the Guandu Police Station. She was in the Dongguan Kansas Children’s Foster Care from January 10, 2008 – June 11, 2008, during which time she had cleft lip repair surgery. She was admitted to the Donghua Hospital of Dongguan On January 30. The admitting diagnosis: congenital left cheiloschisis III degree with dehiscense of alveolar process. Basically she has a cleft palate (palatoschisis) and a cleft lip (cheiloschisis). Degrees are defined as the following: I Degree: clefts of the lip only - II Degree: clefts of palate only - III Degree: clefts of lip, alveolus, and palate - IV Degree: clefts of lip and alveolus - V Degree: miscellaneous. Her surgery was on February 1 and was discharged into foster care on February 8th. After a good recovery and deemed on target with physical and mental development she was returned to SWI on June 11, 2008 to enter the Half the Sky Grandma Program. Everyday she is in a class designed for her interest and development in the forms of different games, to help with her development in cognition, language, emotion and hand use. Xin Jue is an outgoing and active girl who likes to smile and observes her surroundings with her big eyes. She is very cute, not afraid of strangers and is easy going. She began to receive touch training from the second month. She rolled over at 5 months, sat up at 7 months when she also had her first tooth.