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In 2021, anesthesiologist Dr. Amy Beethe met a four-year-old boy who was alone in a hospital room preparing for heart surgery at Children's Nebraska. The boy, True, had been born with a serious congenital heart condition. After the surgery, Beethe says she couldn’t stop thinking about True and told her husband, Ryan Beethe, that they needed to talk about how they could help him.
Ryan met True in the hospital and instantly fell in love with him. The couple decided to bring him into their family and within weeks, True was living with them, and the couple later adopted him. “He’s truly become my son,” Amy says, adding that she feels protective of him and works hard to support his health. Today, he’s thriving and enjoys playing basketball and kickball, despite sometimes getting short of breath.
True also had five siblings living in difficult circumstances. The Beethes knew they couldn’t adopt them all, but they worked to help them find stable homes. One sibling was adopted by Amy’s sister and her husband, another by Ryan’s brother and his wife, and two more by another anesthesiologist at Children’s Nebraska and her husband, while the Beethes adopted one of True’s sisters. “We found a home for everyone,” Amy says, adding that they’ve become like “one big extended family.”
Source: SUNNY SKYZ