Monthly Archives: May 2009

  SHE WRITES:   It’s been almost 4 months since my last post so allow me to give you an update… I already gave birth to a very pretty baby girl and we call her “Meimei” which mean little sister in Chinese. Everything is well except that she has imperforate anus. As wikipedia puts it: “An imperforate anus or anal atresia is a birth defect in which the rectum is malformed. Its cause is unknown.” Right now Meimei has colostomy – considered as the first operation. The second operation that will take place sometime in October will be for the “making” of the rectum and the third operation will be the closure of the colostomy after about another 4-6 months. For the duration of about 1 year and 6 months, we (EJ, Meimei and I) will stay here in the Philippines while my husband stays in China (but he’ll be … Continue reading →