We Adopted a 3-Year-Old Boy – When My Husband Went to Bathe Him for the First Time, He Shouted, ‘We Must Return Him!’
“WE MUST RETURN HIM!” my husband yelled as he ran out of the restroom. I was taken aback. My mind was racing with a million ideas, and my heart fell. In just one minute, what could have gone so wrong?
With a towel in his hand, our adorable child with blue eyes waited silently at the bathroom door. His small face seemed apprehensive and bewildered, as if he had already learnt to anticipate rejection.
Without hesitation, I lowered myself to Sam’s level and held his small hands tenderly. “Sam, would you mind taking a quick trip to your room, my love? Daddy and Mommy should have a conversation.
Sam moved away after nodding, his gaze darting tensely between us. Fire flaming in my chest, I turned to my husband as soon as he was out of earshot. “But what the devil is wrong with you?”
With a pale face and a shaking hand, my spouse gestured toward the restroom. He said, “Go look.” “Just… take a look.”
Still seething, I stormed into the bathroom. At first, nothing looked out of place—until I discovered something in the tub. My breath caught. What appeared to be a patch of hair—no, it wasn’t hair—**a wig** floated there in the water.
I took it in my hands and flipped it over. It wasn’t just ordinary wig, either; it was hauntingly accurate and made to resemble natural hair growth. With my head whirling, I held it and walked back out. “What is this?” My voice trembled as I asked.
My spouse cried, “That’s what I’m trying to figure out.” As I began to shampoo his hair, it simply fell out! He’s bald—bald all over!
For a brief moment, we stood in startled silence, and then I recalled something I had quickly glanced over in the excitement of bringing Sam home, hidden deep in his adoption dossier. “Oh God,” I muttered. “Alopecia is the cause.”
