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Boy 510 A – born 7/7/10 – high
muscular tension of limbs
The male child was born on June 7 2010... The doctor in this institute examined him carefully, and
the diagnosis is high muscular tension of limbs, and others development is
normal. He is 41cm in head size, 44cm in chest size, 62cm in height and 6.5kg
in weight. We estimated his DOB is June.7 2010 according to his growth
development, and he was about two months old at birth. We gave him a name that
means we hope he would be a handsome and clever boy.
Our
institute adopts collective upbringing and special care methods, mainly feeding
milk powder, and having vaccination on times, in order to make sure that he
grows up healthily. On admission, he had good spirit, no crying and had good
sleep, with milk volume for 40ml/time. When we touch his face with hand, he
would turn his head to the aunt. At the age of 6months, he is 45.5cm in head
size, 46cm in chest size, 68.5cm in height and 7.5kg in weight, has 2 teeth. He
is able to sit on the baby chair alone and plays, and likes to put the toy into
his mouth to bite. When the aunt teases him, he would giggle happily, with
shaking his hands and feet. We add supplementary food for him on time, and he
can adapt soon, having half an egg, fish, Tofu and fruits puree. He has good
appetite, and can have a baby bowl of food per meal. At the age of 1year, he
can crawl with hands and knees, and can stand up with hands holding onto
support; when he sees his familiar aunt, he would stretch hands out to ask her
holding. His hands are very flexible, can express with hands welcome, goodbye
and dance and so on. But on Sep.12 2011, he cried, sudden vomiting, present
comatose state, and we sent him to the hospital for treatment immediately. By
brain CT examination: subdural hemorrhage on right temproparietal part,
subarachnoid hemorrhage, hernia formation. After hospitalization, and he was
diagnosed as brain dysplasia on right side. After 17 days in the hospital, he
was discharge, and we found him lower muscular tension of left upper and lower
limbs, limited movement and poor reaction. We carried out excellent care for
him, configured special nutritious meals for him, and planed scientific
Rehabilitation program. By the massage for two hours daily and electrotherapy
etc., he recovered soon. He can stand with right arm holding onto supports. At
the age of 1.5year, he is 48.2cm in head size, 50.5cm in chest size, 80cm in
height and 12kg in weight. Movements of his right hand and foot are freely; he
can take the toy with right hand and shakes it; muscular tension of left upper
and lower limbs has been improved, but his fine motor is poor and his
coordinate ability is also poor. He is still performing the rehabilitation and
is very cooperative when training. He likes to crawl and fast.
Now
he is 2years and 1month old, has a pair of black and large eyes, fair
complexion, round face like apple and is very handsome; he is outgoing, likes
sports, can sit alone, stand alone and walk alone, but his coordinate ability
of left lower limb is poor, and he is not steady when he walks alone; he likes
to walk with hand held by the aunt. He is a clever child, can understand simple
instructions; when the aunt say “down to sleep please”, he can do quickly,
while looking the aunt with smiles; he is very obedient; when the aunt says
other child’s name, he would point to the right child with his fingers; when
the aunt praised him, he would respond to the aunt with smiles, a little shy.
He has good appetite, not choosy to food, likes to eat noodles with vegetable
and pork, can eat one or two baby bowls of noodles; he can say mom.
Presently,
he is 48.5cm in head size, 51cm in chest size, 84cm in height and 13.5kg in
weight, has 16 teeth.
Report
date July.4 2012
Boy 510 B - born Oct 26, 2009 – Down Syndrome
The baby boy was found on Oct
26 2010... After admission he had no
paper along him and was decided born on Oct 26 2009 according to his growth
development. He was fostered in a family from Jun 25 2012 till now. He suffered Down’s syndrome and received the
chromosome test in affiliated Hospital: 47, xy, +21. He had no major diseases
except catching a cold occasionally and he was not allergic to the medicine and
food. He has been vaccinated with HBV, OPV, DPT and MV. He is active, lovely and fond of smile. On Nov 5
2010 he entered the infant parenting program cooperated by our institute and
USA Half-Sky Fund. He was taken care by the nurturer in the day time and he
would not like to contact the outside world. He would look down his head when
being called. At the age of 1 year 2months, he could prop his upper half body
with both hands and move forward. At the age of 1 year 5 months, he could crawl
with his knees and hands, liked playing before the mirror, could make sounds of
“a, da”, could understand the simple language and direction, could imitate the
simple action. At the age of 1year 8months, he could walk freely, not afraid of
strangers, liked touching fresh things, could make greetings with “a,a”; could
have his good friends and could play toys with his good friends. At the age of
2 years, he liked dancing, knew the position of his 5 organs, could imitate
sit-up, liked playing see-saw and sliding. At the age of 2 years 3months, he
was attractive, liked imitating, could follow simple action. At the age of 2
years 6months, he could recognize the mates in the same activity room; could do
what he could do, could understand the adult’s language, could speak “dad,
mum”; his language development was delayed, but he had his own expressing
means. He is the happy nut in the institute and foster family. He is not afraid
of strangers, likes smiling and is liked by everyone. Life habits: 1. Diet: good appetite, milk of 250 ml and 2
baozi at 8:00; a bowl of rice at 12:00, like egg, meat and vegetables; a bowl
of rice at 19:00; like all kinds of fruits and snacks, such as biscuits and
apples.
2.
Sleep: 21:00-7:00 13:00-15:00
3.
Excretion: normal, remind to go to the toilet
4.
Bath: once or twice per day
Report date Aug 29, 2012
Girl 301 M – born 8/10/09 - cleft lip and palate,
congenital heart disease
Sex: female DOB: Aug.10 2009
State of health: cleft lip
and palate, CHD
Category: abandoned baby
Intake date: Aug.10 2009
She was abandoned on the lawn
north of South Entrance of a park, was picked up and sent to this institute by
someone. PE on admission: poor growth, nutrition was not good, thin, ptosis of
upper lid of both eyes, smaller rima oculi, flat and thin bridge of nose, left
cleft lip and palate III, soft neck without power of resistance, strong heart
sound, coarse murmur above III like blowing wind can be heard at apex of heart
in period of contraction, no palpable swelling of liver and spleen, no
deformity of spinal column and limbs with easy motion, no deformity of anus and
genital organs.
Now she is 63cm
in height, 6kg in weight, 39cm in head size,43cm in chest size. She is very cute and clever, the
caretakers all like her very much. She never cries noisily, lies on bed or in
the cradle to play alone when being full, lifts her hands, looks at them and plays them when being
bored, turning them to and fro, utters some sound alone at times which others
do not understand. Now we are training her function on all aspects.
Sealed by: Children’s Welfare
Institute Nov.24 2010
Boy 320 J - born Aug 31 2006 - mild mental retardation
and epilepsy
At 20:00 on Aug 30 2010, the
common people report to 110 that there is a 4 years old boy left in a store.
The Police Station Public Security Bureau received the report and reached the
site immediately and did lots of reaches, and put the notices, but failed to
find the birth parents and relatives, and confirmed his as the abandoned child.
On the following day, the child was sent to this institute. On admission,
according to the physical development, his birth date is estimated as Aug 31
2006. On admission, he has 118cm in
height, 20 kg in weight, 50.50cm in head size, 55.5 cm in chest size, and 20
teeth. After admission, we did the tests on liver function, blood routine, 4
items of blood within one week. After that, he was arranged in Care Group 3.
The child is already 4 years
old on admission. He always stares at the people with the eyes. He does not go
out to play. And he does not like to talk. Being familiar after a period of
time, the child gradually involve in the team. He is more active and optimistic.
He likes to run and jump likes to play games. He can thread the little car with
a string to pull. He likes to observe the outside world, and asks restlessly
the aunts “what’s this? What’s that?” after being dressed in beautiful clothes,
he can point at the clothes with little fingers and says to the aunts “aunt,
beautiful”. Even though he is a little boy, he likes to flirt. He likes to be
held by the aunts and bury the head in the breast of the aunt. When seeing the
favorite objects, he will ask for it restlessly. He works hard and is full of
ability. He can put on and off the clothes. He can help the classmates to put tidily.
Whatever you tell him to do, as long as it belongs to his ability, he will be
pleased to do. Every time when the aunts speak highly of him, he will smile happily,
very cutely. He has 119cm in height,
22.5 kg in weight, 52cm in head size, 57cm in chest size, and 24 teeth at
present. We already give him OPV for 3 times, DPT for 3 times, HBV for 3 times,
MV for 1 time, DPT for 4 times, EMV for 3 times, HBV for 3 times, MV for 1
time. He has taken anti- epilepsy medicines. Now he recur the disease for 1-2
times per month.
At present, the child has
been living care district no. 3, and there are more than 20 children who have the
age from 5-14 years old. He gets up at 7:30 in the morning every day, wash on
his own, has breakfast at 8:00 as congee and desserts, goes to special class at
9:00 to study children songs, writing, math, hand crafts, makes preparations
for meals at 11:00, such as washing hands, preparing the chicken tools, has lunch
at 11:30 , stable food as rice, supplementary with diet menu made by the
nutritionists in the institute every day, such as fish, pork, chicken, eggs and
vegetables, takes the nap from 11-13:30, then has fruits after getting up, goes
to special classes at 14:00,and does reactive activity and sports, supper at
17:30 as rice, fried meals and soup, watch TV from 18:00-19:30, makes
preparations for sleeping from 19:30 to 20, such as washing feet, drink milk,
goes to bed at 20:00. He sleeps well. There are 2-3 times bath per week during
the spring, autumn, and summer, bath every day during the summer. He is a
naughty (AKA full of personality) little boy.
Social Welfare Institute
May 4 2012
Boy 328 M - born Dec 12 2009 –
mild hydrocephalus, no operation needed
He is a little stubborn but
active and lovely. He likes to play balls and balloon. When seeing the favorite
or new toy, he can pull the hands of the aunts, and cry out the things pointed
at. He has the strong feelings with the caretakers. When seeing the caretaker,
he has shining eyes. He plays well with the small children. He is growing up healthily under the
wonderful care of the aunts in the institute.
On admission, the child had the
check and diagnosis by the medical staff in the institute. He was diagnosed
with hydrocephaly, low intelligence. But he eats well and has the regular diet.
He was taken into the hospital in June, 2012 mainly due to the poor
language and walking development, the review of brain CT shows that
hydrocephaly has no obvious changes compared with the previous situation, and
suggestion of no operation.
Report written Dec 20 2012
Girl 220G – born 2/7/10 – ambiguous genitalia
(karyotype：mos 46, XY[45]/45, X[15]) – on our list until 5/20/13
The one day old girl was
picked up at the gate of Bureau of civil Affairs on Feb.8 2010. On the same day
she was sent to this institute to be raised upon agreement of the civil affairs
bureau. PE given to her by medical staff in this institute on admission found 43cm
in height, 3.5kg in weight, 33cm in head size, 36cm in chest size, cunnus deformity, preliminary
diagnosis: newborn with defection. According to her physical growth and
umbilical part, medical staff in this institute decided her DOB as Feb.7 2010 .
Presently the child’s body and intellectual development is normal.
At the age of 1-2 months she can twinkle and watch slight light; at 3-4
months, she can turn over body, when amusing her, she would watch you, pay to
sound; at 5-9 months, she can play her two hands before chest, when feel hungry
or before sleep, she would like suck finger, can find sound direction, turn over body flexibly, can support upper
body by hands and raise head; at 10-13 months, she can sit alone, often sit on
the bed with listening music; at 14 months, she can stand against bed rails,
walk around the bed, play with the near children and hand in hand with near
children, rob near children quilt, sometimes she will make happy sound out when
feel excite. When caretaker brings milk, she knows it is the time to drink,
then she would cry until caretaker make the milk into her mouth. She can hold
milk bottle on her own bed.
The child is quiet and cute.
At the age of 2-4 months she would cry when feel hungry and respond to
caretaker; at 5-10 months, she become interest in her own sound, always speak
“yiyi, yaya” long tong on the bed; at 25 months, she is fond of caretaker
amusing her. When you approach her bed and call her name, she would watch you
and focus on you. She would smile to familiar people, but afraid of stranger
and would cry; at 16 months, she can stand beside bed with listening music,
watching caretaker’s expression. When listen her likable music, she would move
body to dance, sometimes play toy quietly on her bed, when caretaker call her
name she will smile happily, and then use hand to hide half face seem shy,
whole body lying on the bed and watch you secretly, very cute.
On admission, she was
diagnosed cunnus deformity, others are normal, never had operation since
admission. Through checking Chromosome, Karyotype analysis results is mos 46,
XY [45]/45, X[15], explanation is chimaera of two karyotype. Since admission she
has not had severe diseases, suffered cold occasionally, has had fever, running
nose and cough etc. at various degrees which were cured soon after the
treatment by medical staff in this institute. She has no history of drug
allergy.
The child has been vaccinated
according to the children’s planned immunization program in her province. Now
she has been vaccinated with BCG, OPV, DPT, MV, JEV, HBV with detail record.
Report Date: Nov.16 2011
Boy 220H – born January 8, 2011 - congenital hydrocephalus
and brain ventricle after drainage; spinal meningocele; emboli loosening
after surgery – on our list until 5/20/13
The child’s birthdate was estimated
as Jan 8, 2011. He was picked up in the residential
building opposite the County Transportation office. The local police station
failed to find his parent and sent to Social Welfare Institute to be raised to
this day. Diagnosis on admission: Spinal meningocele, hydrocephalus
When admission weight: 3.45kg,
height: 48cm, head size: 33cm,
chest size: 37cm
On June 22 2011 the child
received V-P shunt and tethered spinal cord neurolysis in the neurosurgery
department of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai
Jiaotong University Medical School. On Jul 5 2011 he received ventriculo
peritoneal shunt tube exploration and ventriculo peritoneal shunt because of pleural
effusion. The operation was successful and he was healed well.
He is over 11 months old. He
is clever, lovely, handsome, cute and adorable boy. All the caretakers like
him. He likes being kissed by the caretaker, likes someone talking and playing
with him, and likes waving his arm or clapping his hands when feeling happy and
giggling. Every time when playing, we always hear his wonderful voice and sweet
smile. Now he can pass the toy from one hand to other one; can bang the toy
blocks together; can sit against objects; can drink milk with holding the milk
bottle; can use the tube when drinking the yogurt; can call “mum”. And he likes
watching TV.
The child has a routine life,
deep sleep, good appetite and does not pick at the food. He is easy to satisfy.
At present height: 67cm, weight:8.5kg,
chest size: 48.5cm head size:45.5cm, teeth: 4.
Report Date: Dec 23, 2011
