The Waiting Child by Debbie Bodie

I saw you meet your child today You kissed your baby joyfully and as you walked away with her I played pretend you'd chosen me. I'm happy for the baby, yet Inside I'm aching miserably I want to plead as you go by, "Does no-one want a child of three?" I saw you meet your child today In love with her before you met And as I watched you take her out I knew it wasn't my turn yet. I recognize you from last year! I knew I'd seen your face before! But you came for a second babe. Does no-one want a child of four? I saw you meet your child today But this time there was something new A nurse came in and took MY hand And then she gave my hand to you. Can this be true? I'm almost eight! And there are infants here, you see? But then you kissed me and I knew The child you picked this time was me.

Millions of children are waiting simply because they are older! Could you be the family an older child is dreaming and praying for? In countries around the world there are HEALTHY children waiting and their special need is AGE! They are considered special needs because they are not under 4 how sad it is to think that they are waiting simply because they are older. Here are some of the older children waiting!

These are just a small number of the children who wait all of these children are on China's shared list and can be found by an agency who has access. Not every child listed below is 100% healthy some have special needs that can be controlled on medication, may require surgery or more surgery, or they may have needs that do not affect their over all health at all missing limb digits, ect. I cannot guarantee that any of these children are still available or if they are on the shared list some may be on agency specific list and I am not aware if they are.

Male
1/24/2001
healthy

Male
7/9/2001
Healthy (older child)

Female
8/9/1997
healthy

Male
6/5/1999
healthy

Male
3/3/2000
Healthy (older child)

Male
8/28/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
3/9/2001
Healthy (older child)

Male
10/15/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
5/3/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
3/7/2000
Healthy (older child)

Male
8/12/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
11/10/1997
epilepsy

Male
11/24/1999
underdevelopment of left lower limb. Healthy

Male
12/5/1997
Healthy (older child)

Male
7/30/2000
Healthy (older child)

Female
6/12/1998
healthy

Male
12/16/1999
healthy

Male
6/19/1998
healthy

Male
9/22/2000
healthy

Male
12/18/1997
Healthy (older child)

Male
7/22/1998
healthy

Female
5/16/2000
chinese says epilepsy

Female
6/11/2000
chinese says epilepsy

Male
1/9/1997
Healthy (older child)

Female
9/30/1997
β thalassanemia

Male
3/4/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
7/10/1999
G6PDdeficiency

Male
6/23/2003
postoperative cleft lip and palate repair

Male
7/1/1999
Cleft Lip/Palate

Female
7/2/2000
Cleft Lip/Palate

Male
3/1/1999
Healthy (older child)

Female
7/1/1998
basically normal (HB carrier)

Male
1/10/2004
congenital repair of cleft lip postoperative

Male
4/1/2004
Postoperative cleft lip and cleft palate(both sides)

Male
12/10/2002
postoperative cleft of lip and palate

Male
1/5/2003
postoperative CHD

Male
9/4/2000
CHD-DORV/ASDF/VSD post operative; Hep-C virus carrier; curvature of penis

Female
5/3/2001
severely and profoundly deaf of both ears

Male
2/20/1997
Basically normal (right ptosis)

Female
2/2/2005
Epilepsy

Male
11/19/2004
HBV infection, postoperative congenital cleft lip, congenital cleft palate III

Male
12/17/2003
Cleft Lip/Palate

Male
3/10/2001
cleft lip and palate

Female
1/19/2000
postoperative cleft lip

Male
9/1/2004
postoperative torticollis

Male
5/5/2005
congenital cleft lip and palate, post operation of congenital cardiac

Male
12/14/2004
deformed right eye

Female
1/17/2001
Postoperative congenital heart disease

Male
8/4/2003
albinism achromodermia

Male
8/1/1999
Healthy (older child)

Female
5/1/2001
1 left TEV

Male
1/4/2005
thalassemia

Male
1/15/2002
Hep. B carrier

Male
4/29/2001
congenital deaf mutism

Female
9/30/1997
1 CHD: good postoperative recovery of VSD repair, minor incompetence of TV 2 HB

Male
7/15/1998
Healthy (older child) , superficial caries of dentin,accessory tooth

Male
8/24/2000
albinism

Male
1/18/2000
Hepatitis B Positive

Male
9/5/2003
delayed speech

Male
7/19/2002
slightly poor motor balance

Male
7/28/2003
DST is abnormal ,the result as above,other is normal

Female
12/10/2000
congenital ankylodactyly

Male
10/4/1998
HBV

Male
10/9/2002
left undescended testis

Male
7/14/1997
Operative cleft lip and palate

Male
12/20/1998
congenital deaf and mute

Male
7/11/1998
congenital cleft lip and cleft paltae repaired;;pigeon chest

Male
5/5/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
3/15/2004
postoperative congenital cleft lip and palate

Male
7/1/2001
inborn mute and deaf

Male
7/31/1998
postoperative congenital cleft lip and palate；bilateral cryptorchidism

Male
4/30/2002
Muscle atrophy of both lower limbs

Male
6/8/2000
postoperative congenital heart disease

Male
8/21/2003
postoperative cleft lip ;left cleft palate III degrees

Male
9/19/1999
Healthy (older child)

Male
12/30/1998
Healthy (older child)

Female
11/30/2001
CHD

Male
1/29/2004
thalassanemia

Male
4/25/2005
Mediterranean anemia

Female
8/30/2000
slightly low right muscular tension

Male
5/2/1998
Hepatitis B Positive

Male
9/23/2000
post-op right oblique inguinal hernia

Male
5/1/2001
Healthy (older child)

Female
4/16/1999
Hepatitis B Positive

Female
6/19/1999
Healthy (older child)

Female
7/30/2000
post-operative cleft lip and palate II repair

Male
5/23/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
8/4/2000
Healthy

Male
8/22/1999
Healthy (older child)

Male
5/9/1999
Healthy (older child)

Male
3/7/2000
Healthy (older child)

Male
12/27/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
10/5/1998
Healthy (older child)

Male
8/29/1997
Healthy (older child)

Female
8/1/1997
epilepsy

Female
3/20/1997
Healthy (older child)

Female
11/19/1998
Healthy (older child)

Female
8/7/1997
Operative cleft lip and palate

Male
5/17/1998
deformed feet

Male
11/10/2001
congenital deaf-muteness; congenital hypospadia

Male
1/28/1999
Healthy (older child)

Male
7/9/2001
Healthy (older child)

Male
1/24/2001
healthy

Female
8/9/1997
healthy

Male
6/5/1999
healthy