Saturday, February 2, 2008

Owen's Guardian Angel

Scotty
Owen
Look Scotty and Owen are wearing the same outfit!

Many of you already know Owen's story. He was abandoned at a hospital in Shantou City when he was just 8 days old. His parents must have known he was sick and that is why he was left at the hospital. They must have known that they couldn't take care of him. As it turns out Owen was sick. He actually was very sick and at 2 months old he almost died. He weighed only 8 lbs and was in desperate need of heart surgery. At the same time in the same orphanage as Owen a little boy named Scotty wasn't as lucky as Owen, he passed away due to complications from pneumonia. His adoptive parents never got the chance to meet Scotty and but they loved him none the less and grieved over the loss of their son. They decided they didn't want their son to die in vain so they started a memorial in Scotty's name. They also decided they were going to work with an organization called Love without Boundaries (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/ ). This just happened to be the very same organization that was working to raise money in order to save our Owen's life. Scotty's parents heard about Owen and with the support of their family and friends they had enough money to donate so Owen could have his heart surgery. To make everything a little more sweet Scotty's family lives only 30 minutes from us and they are very excited to meet Owen when he comes home!