Several US families' adoption plans have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. On January 30, the State Dept. advised all US citizens, including adoptive families, not to travel to China at this time, though adoption cases are still being processed.
If everything had gone according to plan, Kristen and Kenny Anderson and their four-year-old daughter Brooklyn would be on their way home from China by now with a new addition to their family: another four-year-old girl whom they've named Hannah.
But the Wuhan coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people in China and infected more than 40,000 has put their plans on hold. So even though they had packed their bags, shut down their work and checked Brooklyn out of school in preparation for a January 29 flight, the Andersons are still waiting in Shawnee, Kansas.They knew that the adoption process is often filled with uncertainty, and challenges were to be expected. Still, it was tough to shake that initial disappointment.
Ruby was abandoned in a hospital bathroom when she was six months old, the Clevelands said, and has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition characterized by excess fluid build-up in the brain that can lead to brain damage.But they've faced challenges before, and they know they can overcome this one too, they said.
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