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Photographer says, 'Then John could love, this was the moment and the night it actually happened. This was the beginning, love.'

A visit to the doctors office. Photographer says, 'Note John's distended stomach from the malnutrition.'

Photograph of John in a crib.

John couldn't smile. He couldn't laugh or love or cry--but he was loved in return.

John plays with his new family.

In the beginning, all John could do was lie on the floor, holding his draining, infected ear and suck on a bottle.

Pat sees his new brother for the first time. Mary Catherine holds her brother.

John arrives at the airport. His new mother holds him.

Photograph of John (left) and Pat (right).

Photograph of an actress trying to dry the long train on her costume.