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(Please note that this page was created BEFORE
we left for China and includes the information we had available at the time.)
Here is a second photo from the orphanage of the boy that will
soon have three brothers!
Although we haven't yet met him ourselves, here are
further details about our little Shane (Yang Fu) that we do know:
 | His Chinese Name: In China, "last
names" are spoken first, followed by first names (they don't really use
a last name, first name concept, but that's the best way to describe
it). Because the identity of his parents is not known and most Chinese
children at these orphanages are abandoned, a name is not known. Since
his orphanage is the Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute, all children from
this orphanage are given the "last name" of Yang. His first
name of "Fu" translates into English as "one who helps or
helper" -- or more formally, "supplement." This name was given to him by one of the
orphanage employees.
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His American Name: His American name we will use is
Shane Fu Horton. We're not sure he looks like a "Shane" just
yet, but we are sure the name will eventually fit him perfectly...especially
since we're his parents... Shane means "God is gracious."
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| His Age: Our new son is currently
just over 2 years old -- born on September 8th, 1998! For those of you
that know us well, this is actually quite hilarious, because two of our
three boys ALSO have birthdays in mid-September. Eric on the 14th and
Bryan on the 15th. Add to that their Uncle Carl (Jocelyn's brother
that lives here in Scottsdale) on the 16th, and we already experience an
annual madness which we refer to as "Birthday Blitz Week."
We can only imagine what it will be like now -- we may have to proclaim all
of September "Birthday Blitz Month!"
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| His Health: Shane (Yang Fu) is reportedly in
good health with a minor case of bronchitis (common to many Chinese
orphans). He has a scar where his navel is as he has experienced two
surgeries to correct an umbilical hernia or some kind of abdominal
situation. We don't have much more information than that, but all other signs are of a healthy, growing
two-year-old! The latest medical report says that he has sixteen teeth,
weighs about 27 pounds and is 32 inches tall.
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| His Orphanage: Since 3 1/2 months of
age until now, he has been living at the Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute
in the city of Yangzhou in the Jiangsu Province of China. We expect to
change that!
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