May 27, 2005.  Chinese government officially logs in adoption application from the Brights.

August 18, 2005.  Baby born in Jiangxi Province.

August 19, 2005.  Baby left on steps of Social Welfare Agency of Yingtan City.  Placed in foster care home the same day by the social welfare agency.  Given name of Fu, Baijie.

October 24, 2005.  Notice placed in paper announcing that child has been abandoned.  No one comes forward to claim Fu, Baijie.

March 22, 2006. China Center of Adoption Affairs sends letter to Craig and Kelsey Bright indicating that that they have been selected to be FU Baijei’s adoptive parents.

April 5, 2006, Craig and Kelsey Bright notify the China Center of Adoption affairs that they accept Fu Baijie to be their adoptive daughter.

Wednesday, May 24^th, 2006. Craig, Kelsey and Anna Bright [their 9 year old daughter who was born prematurely in 1996 at 1 lb., 5 oz --  see Anna's Home Page] travel to China.

Sunday, May 28, 2006. The Brights meet Fu, Baijie at the Office of the Jiangxi Provincial Civil Administration Department.  She has always been very healthy, except for some diarrhea in the two weeks leading up to the adoption.  She was very attached to her foster mother and cries a lot the first night.

Monday, May 29, 2006.  Jiangxi Civil Administration Department approves the adoption of Fu, Baijie by Craig and Kelsey Bright, who rename her Isabelle Bai Bright.  Isabelle appears to be adjusting to her new environment, and begins smiling and laughing, especially with her new sister Anna.  She cries whenever Kelsey is not with her.

Thursday, June 1, 2006.  Chinese government in Nanchang issues Isabelle a Chinese passport. 

Friday, June 2, 2006. the Brights travel with Isabelle to Guangzhou.  Isabelle has continued to have diarrhea during the week but otherwise seems very healthy.  On Friday evening, Isabelle begins to have blood in her diarrhea. 

Saturday, June 3, 2006.  Isabelle has medical examination as part of adoption process and receives some powder to help with her diarrhea.  She passes the examination.

Sunday, June 4, 2006. The Brights take Isabelle to the Children’s Hospital in Guangzhou.  She is tested and examined and the doctors find no evidence of bacteria, parasites, or a virus.  They give Isabelle an IV fluid for dehydration and an anti-viral IV medicine.

Monday, June 5, 2006.  Isabelle develops a fever in the evening, which continues thereafter.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006.  Isabelle granted Visa to travel to U.S. in ceremony at U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou.

Wednesday, June 7, 2006.  The Brights fly home to the United States and their home in Victor, New York, a suburb of Rochester, NY.  Isabelle automatically becomes a U.S. citizen upon clearing Immigration at JFK airport.

Thursday, June 8, 2006.  Kelsey and Craig take Isabelle to Dr. Sara Dovichi, Isabelle’s pediatrician.  Further tests continue to show no sign of bacteria or parasites in Isabelle’s body.

Friday, June 9, 2006.  Isabelle continues to runs a fever and to have very bad, bloody diarrhea.  Dr. Dovichi recommends taking her to the hospital Emergency Room.  There doctors examine Isabelle, give her IV fluids for dehydration, and send her home.

Monday, June 12, 2006.  Isabelle returns to Dr. Dovichi’s office.  In addition to the diarrhea and fever, she now has red spots on her belly.  Dr. Dovichi has Isabelle admitted to Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, New York for observation and further testing.  She is taken off of food, and is given the anti-parasite medicine Flagyl as a precaution.  Isabelle stops smiling.

Thursday, June 15, 2006. Isabelle’s belly begins to swell up, and doctors indicate that her liver and spleen appear to be impacted by her illness.  Her blood platelet counts are low as well.

Friday, June 16, 2006. Doctors start Isabelle on antibiotics in case she has a strain of bacteria or parasite that is not showing up on tests.  She does not respond to these medicines. 

Monday, June 19^th, 2006.  Doctors become increasingly concerned that Isabelle may have a more serious illness than a bacteria or parasite.  They recommend a bone marrow test to see if her blood production process is abnormal.  Isabelle has the bone marrow test under general anesthesia.  

Tuesday, June 20^th, 2006.  Dr. Milner, of Hematology, and Dr. Dovichi, meet with the Brights and inform them that Isabelle has been diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a very rare blood disease that strikes about one in 1 million people.  They advise the Brights that this is a very serious illness that many children do not survive, and that if there is a family, or genetic, cause the only way to cure the disease is through a bone marrow transplant. 

Wednesday, June 21, 2006.  Isabelle begins treatment for the HLH.  The treatment includes Dexamethazone, an anti-inflammatory steroid, Cyclosporin, an immunosuppressant drug, and VP-16, a form of chemotherapy.  The initial treatment will last for 8 weeks, and includes gradually reducing the drugs to see if Isabelle’s body can function normally without them.  If it cannot, or if the disease keeps recurring, then this is evidence that the disease is familial in nature and will require the bone marrow transplant.

Saturday, July 1, 2006.  Isabelle has shown a lot of improvement since starting the drug treatment.  Her fever went away, her red dots on her body have almost disappeared, the swelling in her stomach has gone down quite a bit, and during the last few days she has been allowed to resume eating rice cereal and taking formula.  She still has not smiled, and appears to be very fussy and irritable as a result of the medicines.   Her blood is still not working right, and she continues to need red blood cells and platelets on a regular basis.  Doctors have also discovered that Isabelle has a Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, which has been shown to trigger HLH in some people.  It is still not clear if Isabelle has the genetic form of HLH and will require a bone marrow transplant, or if the disease might clear up from the medicines alone.  The Brights have been reaching out to China to try to find Isabelle’s biological family, to locate the bone marrow registry in China, and to try to get more people to register for the Chinese Bone Marrow program.  Doctors in Rochester are working up her bone marrow type. 

Thursday, July 20, 2006.  Isabelle went home.

Wednesday, August 21, 2006.  Isabelle readmitted to hospital for observation and further tests after developing a high fever after chemotherapy.

Sunday, August 25, 2006.  Isabelle went home again.