INFORMATION

About the problems in the health condition of the children available for international adoption, entered in the respective register at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria (as of April 12, 2007)

1. Child at 5 years and 8 months, male, with problems in the neonatal period – left-sided diaphragmatic hernia which has been operated. With good physical development. Sagging of the sternal bone and strabismus are present with the child. He is lagging behind in his neuro-psychical development – moderate to severe degree. There are manifestations of hyperactivity, with unstable attention and tic neurosis – complex tic motions accompanied with exclamations. The child is with specific educational needs – individual educational program is being carried out with him. Positive changes in the development of the child are observed due to the individual classes.

2. Male child, at 6 years, born prematurely II degree from mother with positive Wassermann, in severe depressive state, with data for intraventricular hemorrhage II-III degree and internal hydrocephalus. At the present Hemi paresis to the left and Hypermetropia are present with the child. The anthropometric indicators are uniformly increasing but remain under the norms for the age. The child legs behind in his neuro-psychical development – started walking at the age of 2 years and 6 months. He has well developed rough motorics: walks by himself limping with the left leg, goes up and down stairs with support from an adult. The fine motorics of the child are with moderate degree of development. He eats independently and cleanly, dresses by himself. The child connects 2-3 words in a sentence. He tries to ask questions. He is an emotional and cheery child who shows willingness to do everything by himself. The child is with specific educational needs – individual educational program   is being carried out with him. Rehabilitation is carried out too due to which improvement of the motorics and the posture of the body are observed.

3. Male child, at 7 years who is with good physical development, but the intellectual development is bellow the possibilities for the age, with immaturity of the psychical functions. If raised in a family environment with possibilities for individual stimulations of the intellectual development and training, it is expected that his neuro-psychical development will reach the respective for the calendar age. The child was consulted with psychiatrist who gave the following conclusion: the child is with delay in the development, dyslalia is present due to which sessions with speech therapist are to be carried out. At the end of 2006 new consultation with psychiatr  ist was carried out and the following conclusion was given: reduced attention and observation are present with the child, he does not reproduce text, does not speak clearly; he is not oriented for time and location. Diagnosis: Oligophrenia, mild mental debility. Dyslalia. The child is with optical correction with glasses in relation to reduced vision. He has been ill with Hepatitis A – mild form, during august, 2003.

4. Male child at age 4 years and 1 month, without problems during the puerperal period, of a mother with idiocy. During the stay in the specialized institution the child has suffered urinary infection – treated, with hydronephrosis I-st degree of the left kidney. At the present the child is with good general health condition with co  nsiderable lagging behind in the neuro-psychical development and delay of the weight. He has poor active and passive vocabulary. During training sessions imitative skills are lacking, his attention is hard to be drawn, he does not play with the other children and isolates himself. When awake the child performs stereotype motions – rocks to the sides and back and forth. The child does not have independent skills to feed himself and does not communicate his physiological needs. During November 2005 the child was consulted with psychiatrist whose conclusion was: it concerns mental underdevelopment – debility. As a result of individual work with the child, slow dynamics of his neuro-psychical development are observed.

5. Child at 3 years and 9 months, male, without problems during the puerperal period. The ch  ild is with good physical development and severe lagging behind in the psycho-motor development, especially the speech. Good passive vocabulary is present, the child carries out verbal orders, however, he only vocalizes and imitates sounds. He walks independently and steadily, runs, climbs stairs with support. He eats independently. The child is with a mild facial asymmetry and hypertelorism. Individual therapeutic work is carried out with the child for the purposes of overcoming the delay in the neuro-psychical development.

6. Child at 3 years and 10 months, male, with divergent strabismus. He has been ill with severe pyelonephritis at age 2 years and 2 months. After the birth meningoencephalocele at the base of the nose was established due to which craniotomy and osteoplasty have been performed. Surgical correction of the nose is imminent. Examination was carried out – scanner of the brain with the following result: cyst of the brain is present with liquor density between the two hemispheres in the fore cranial fossa with dimensions 30/15, connected with the front horn of the left side ventricle which is dilatated in the temporal and dorsal part. The child is with normal physical development and legs behind in his neuro-psychical development – he has been walking independently and steadily since 1 year and 8 months, says some words.

7. Child at 7 years, male, with history of clonic-tonic seizure at the 7th day after the birth and febrile cramp at 11 months. The mother is mentally  delayed. The child is in good physical condition and is with data for moderate mental delay. The child is with cerebral palsy. Motorics: he moves independently, without support, the motions are jerky and stiff. Speech development: the child speaks but the intonation of the speech is cut, with even tone, unmelodic. He does not possess big vocabulary but uses words freely and connects them into sentences. He is very curios and constantly asks questions. The child understands the speech of the adults but doesn’t always react adequately to their explanations. He shows preference to listening to music which calms him down. He helps himself. Eats independently and communicates his physiological needs.

8. Child at 7 years and 1 month, male. On the second day after the birth data for hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy was established. At the present the child is with very good physical development. He slightly legs behind in his neuro-psychical development due to the   fact that he is raised in an institution. The child interacts well with the adults and other children in the group. He is with good emotional tone. He speaks in simple sentences. He shows vital curiosity to the surrounding world. The following behaviors are observed with the child: hyperactivity, hyper excitement, hyper irritability (shows strong emotional reactions, especially if his desires remain dissatisfied) as well as lesser discipline. For the last two years treatment with Tegretol has been carried out which has led to decrease in the irritability exhibited in the early childhood. He does not need special care for his upbringing. The child needs a family that is ready to accept his differences and to support him for his more effective adjustment to the surrounding world. 9. The child is at 5 years and 7 months, male, born prematurely III-rd degree with problems during the parturient period. The performed transfontanel echo-graphy and computer tomography of the brain established a slight ventriculomegaly. Inborn dislocation of the left hip joint has been established – surgical treatment has been carried out. Periodical examinations by orthopedist are necessary for the child until finalization of the bone growth. At the present moment the physical and neuro-psychical development of the child corresponds to the age and no special care for his upbringing are necessary. The child is with well developed general motorics – walks purposefully. The coordination of the motions is good. He runs, goes up and down stairs alternating the feet. He dances sport dances. The child is with well developed fine motorics. Good emotional status is present. He masters all hygienic and daily skills respective for the age.

10. Child at 9 years and 4 months, male with normal parturient period born of a mother with psychical disease. He started walking at age of 2 years and 8 months. At the present the child is clinically healthy with data for converging strabismus due to which he wears glasses. He slightly legs behind in his psycho-motor development. He walks independently, runs and uses his hands accurately when working with different objects. He is calm psycho-motorically. The child doesn’t exhibit aggression or auto-aggression. He is with good emotional tonus. He copes with simple tasks. He enters in contact with the others and does not feel uneasy. The boy uses simple phrases and articulates the words correctly. His thinking is concrete and figurative. The thought process is superficial and inconsistent. The child has rich impressions and fantasies. His attention is unstable yet. His concepts are not built up yet. He orients well in a familiar environment and adjusts easily in a new one. He is very curious. The child recognizes the parts of his body and knows that he is a boy. He likes to sing and dance, says short poems. He is active in all programs
organized in the orphanage. He eats independently and uses the cutlery well. The boy has elementary habits and skills built up. He copes on himself with his physiological needs during the day. The child is enrolled in a school for children who lag behind in their development. Provided that enough care and attention are provided to him he could fit in a family environment freely.

11. Child at 5 years and 1 month, male, with  problems during the neonatal period (severe depressive condition, seizures). The transfontanel echo-graphy, followed in dynamics, shows data for intraventricular hemorrhage and internal hydrocephalus – slight to mild degree. The mother is with mental debility. At the present the child is diagnosed with: Cerebral Palsy. Epilepsy. Gastroezophageal reflex. Strabismus. Hypotrophy. Treatment with Depakine, Midocalm, Nootropil and Motilium is carried out. The child severely lags behind in his psycho-motor development, has quadriplegic syndrome and psycho-motor retardation that demand special care related to the feeding and daily physical therapy. 100% permanently limited possibility for social adaptation has been established. The child doesn’t turn from his back to his stomach, cannot sit and stand, can sit with the help of an adult. Fixed semiflexy of the lower limbs and spontaneous motion activity are present with the child but attempts for passive motions intensify the spasticity. When put on his stomach the child tries to crawl. He laughs when contacted, produces indefinite sounds.

12. Child at 3 years and 2 months, male, born in severe depressive condition, with problems during the period of the newly born. The child is with diagnosis: Hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy, spastic quadriparesis, symptomatic epilepsy. Due to permanent seizure readiness the child is treated with Depakine. The immunizations are postponed. The motor development of the child severely legs behind from the norms for the age – he does not sit, does not stand, does not walk. At age of 36 months the child is with psychical age of 8 months. When seated he would gaze at toys situated in the left side of the range of vision and would show motion activity with the left hand. When lying on his stomach the child transfers by himself to elbow support and for a long time keeps his head well standing. The boy turns from back to stomach. He takes steps with the help of an adult. He persistently gets to a toy. He shows strong interest for the toys and studies them. He does lengthy manipulative motions with his left and right hands. He continually gazes
at his appearance in a mirror, makes attempts to touch it. He smiles, laughs and vocalizes as emotional response on self initiative and imitation. He observes the other children with curiosity and tries to establish contact with them. The child is glad when praised and reacts with displeasure to restriction. There is privileged connection with an adult built up.

13. Child at 14 years and 1 month, female who is with problems during the period of newly born. In early child age the child was diagnosed with inborn dislocation of left hip joint. At the present the child is physically healthy, walks with stable gait. She lags behind in her neuro-psychical development to moderate degree (IQ=50). She speaks clearly but is with limited vocabulary. The active attention is easily drawn, the fixation is hard and she is quickly distracted. She remembers after multiple repetitions and the reproduction is not exact. The girl interacts freely with children and adults, both acquaintances and strangers. She goes to school with a great deal of desire. She is in 6th grade of the mass school. The child has a potential to master specific work habits and to be partially socialized.

14. Child at 4 years and 1 month, female, born prematurely II-nd degree. With data for divergent strabismus. The child lags behind slightly in her neuro-psychical development. Her motor development is normal. Frequent exhibitions of aggression toward the other children in the group and auto-aggression are observed with the child. She is irritable, she isolates herself. She prefers to play alone. She says her name and the names of close persons. She doesn’t yet use simple sentences. Limited remembering volume is presented with the child. She repeats separate words after lengthy individual work. The child needs special care and individual work for achieving positive results in her development.

15. Child at 6 years, female, with data for hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy, epilepsy, autism and strabismus. Hereditary laden with hypotireoidism is present with the child. She is with normal physical development and lags behind in her neuro-psychical development – doesn’t speak. The child has mastered the main physical motions – walking, running, jumping.

16. Child at 3 years, male, who lags behind in his physical and neuro-psychical development. At the age of ten months the child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy – quadripyramid syndrome. At the present the child walks independently. He doesn’t speak yet, only utters sounds. He interacts with adults and children through touch. When other children play he isolates himself and doesn’t show interest for their games. His play is stereotype: draws on the wall with the fingers of his hand, hits the floor with his hand. Stereotype motions are observed when dressed and undressed. He rarely makes visual contact. When an adult tries to engage his attention, his gaze is aside, looking at the fingers of his hand. The child needs special cares.

17. Child at 3 years and 6 months, male, born prematurely with problems during the period of newly born. The mother of the child is a drug addict with Hepatitis C. The child was tested for Hepatitis C and the result was negative. Adenotonzilectomy was performed on the child in August 2006. At the present the child is clinically healthy with adenoid facies. The child severely lags behind in his psycho-motor development. He walks independently, the gait is tilted, the motions are jerky. He goes up and down stairs abruptly lifting his legs, he is unstable. He eats independently but does not control his physiological needs. The child has passive vocabulary but rarely carries out verbal orders. The big deficit in the child is related to insufficient concentration of his attention which is kept for very short time: 1-2 minutes. He loves watching TV and is then calm and smiles. Often he isolates himself from the other children. He seeks contact with an adult to be held but hardly establishes visual contact. Individual psychotherapeutic work is carried out with the child for the development of his psycho-motor potential.

18. Child at 6 years and 1 month, male, who is physically healthy. The child lags behind in his psychical development, with unstable attention. In relation to the speech development: connects the words in a sentence. The child is with poor vocabulary and problems with the pronunciation which demand work with a speech therapist. There are no proved psychical illnesses or deviations with the child. He doesn’t need special cares for his bringing up.

19. Child at 5 years and 9 months, male. In October 2006 the child was operated in relation to hydrocephalus internus oclusiva; tumor foce posterior cranii. The child significantly lags behind in his physical development, psycho-motor retardation is observed. Due to the main disease, paleocerebral syndrome is available with the child: unstable gait to impossibility for standing and sitting, frequent throwing up. He understands the meaning of some words. He utters some sounds. He carries out some orders. He plays with toys. The child lags behind in his habits and skills. He needs special cares for his upbringing.

To read more about Abba's Kids Ministry, visit the Dreams Do Come True Website.

Top of Page