Peri Brynn part three

After we got Peri Brynn settled into a new family she began to gain weight and grow rapidly. They sent me pictures often and she looked better and better each time. She began to re-learn a lot of what she lost. 

As you know, the injuries (oh yes, there was evidence of a previous head injury!) were no accidents. This precious baby had suffered at the hands of someone. Unfortunately, in Guatemala, a small mayan girl is of no importance and no one there cared that she had been abused. That was a tough pill to swallow but this process has taught me a lot about accepting what we cannot change. 

In January the agency requested that we again change PBJ's foster family. There was a big problem with a former employee of theirs making threats against the foster families and the children. I hated to move her yet again but they stressed that they could not insure her safety where she was.

That is when an angel named Astrid came into our lives. Astrid was to be PBJ's new foster mother and she showed a great love and affection for our precious girl. Under Astrid's care Peri began to blossom. She began to sit up, to crawl, to use her legs again, to stand, and eventually to walk holding onto something. Astrid worked tirelessly, visiting the doctor's office every 2 weeks, spending hours working the muscles in her trunk and legs. 

In August we went to GC to bring Ahren home and to visit Peri Brynn. She was a completely different child! Still the tiniest little peanut even though she was just shy of her second birthday. She was almost walking independently but boy could she scoot around the floor fast! She was funny and happy and well attached to Astrid and her family. Although it killed me, I decided not to keep PBJ with us in the hotel. Her attachment was so important and I didn't want to do anything to stress her. We saw her two different days and loved on her as much as we could. 

I met with her lead doctor and reviewed her medical files. She had recently had another CT scan and evaluation (at our expense). The excess fluid in her head was resolving and she was doing wonderfully! Only time would tell if she would have any permanent issues but for now she was exceeding all expectations!!!
She is our miracle. Our daughter. Our teeny tiny angel with the BIG personality!
At the end of August 2008 all birth mother interviews had to be completed through PGN or the cases would be closed and the child would be declared abandoned. Our case was stuck in the court of Minor's but our lawyer made arrangements to get the file from the court and bring in the birth mother for the crucial interview.

Things went horribly, terribly wrong. The birth mother is very shy, does not speak spanish (she speaks a Mayan dialect) and is terrified of the authorities. The PGN interviewers decided that she was most likely incompetent and they seized Peri Brynn and sent her off to an unknown orphanage and sent her case to a new court. Astrid was devastated! We were devastated! But Peri Brynn, she must have been terrified. I cannot imagine the terror this little one felt. it makes me sick to my stomach to think about her all alone yet again. 

Ever since then we have been trying to find her, to see if we can get the judge to release her back to foster care with Astrid, to do the right thing! We have a court date of march 5th, 2009 (gee, how speedy is their court system.....) 

So where is all of this leading? Please go to this website http://www.remar.org.gt, click on 'album' and then open the picture on the bottom left. The picture of a little girl and a baby on a red couch. 

What teeny tiny little angel do you see????