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Three and a High Chairskip to main | skip to sidebar Three and a High Chair We have taken the journey of a lifetime to adopt our precious baby girl, Katie Starr Hongshan. Now we are happily living our life as a family of four. We hope that you pull up a chair, relax and visit us from time to time as we chronicle our days as Three and a High Chair. Be sure to take cover if the food starts flying :) Wednesday, October 24, 2007 See you on the Flip Side! Well, the time has finally come to go to China and bring home our son. We leave VERY early tomorrow morning and forever day will be Monday, October 29th. We welcome you to follow our journey to Ethan, through China and then home again at: www.ethansjourneyhome.com Please send all of your positive energy and hope that Ethans transition into our family is an easy one for him to make and that Katie Starr accepts him with a loving heart. Posted by The Katie Starr Team at 2:29 PM 10 comments Monday, October 22, 2007 A Cautionary Tale I have heard several stories of our children that have come home from China and have had eyesight issues; enough stories that I decided to make an appointment with a Pediatric Opthamologist appointment for Katie Starr. I was going to make the appointment after our journey to Bring Ethan home but at my Mothers urging I made it before. My Mom had worked for several years for a great one in our area so it really was a no brainer. There were some small signs that made me a bit concerned such as minor squinting, sitting too close to the TV, etc., but I really thought that there were no real issues. I thought that this would be a routine appointment with a clean bill of eye health given at the end. Well, I was very wrong I am quite sorry to say. The good news is that Katie has healthy eyes with no underlying disease. The bad news is that she is nearsighted in both eyes with her left eye being twice as bad as her right as well as having astigmatism in both eyes. She will have ...