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Assessing Health Risks: Some Final Words

I hope that my overview of potential health issues was informative and that I did not scare anyone away from adopting. LOL My goal was to arm you with the facts as you work your way through the...

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Adopted Children Come with No Warranty

When my husband and I went through the adoption process, we had to sign a paper stating that we understood that our adopted child was not “warranted” to be healthy for the rest of his life. Of course,...

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Adopting a Child with No Health History

One health risk that I have never addressed on this blog is adopting a child with no health history available. On my post, Adoption Regrets: Health Risks on the Adoptive Parenting blog, John left the...

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Hoping to Adopt a Child With Special Needs

On my post, Hoping to Adopt a Cute Child, Chromesthesia posted the following comment: All babies are cute. I’m looking into Special Needs adoption. I go to do more research on it though. –...

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How to Assess Health Risks in Adoption

On my post, Facing Parenting a Child with a Special Need, a reader left the following comment: Can anyone suggest an objective criteria for choosing a child and/or birthmother? I should be approved to...

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Adopting with a Disability

I have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Discovered during the American Civil War, the pain receptors in my knee are always firing at high volume – at 11, for you Spinal Tap fans. In 2005, when my...

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HIV Positive Kids

I had another post planned, but today’s Grown In My Heart post, Who Could Possibly Want HIV+ Children? got me thinking. Before I even read the post, I sort of answered the question. HIV is on the list...

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Because We Needed More to Worry About

It’s a common question – What is the effect of drugs/alcohol/smoking on a developing fetus? And the answer varies widely based on the substance. Alcohol, for example, seems to do the most harm in the...

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Adoption After Breast Cancer

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago, I was 32 years old, married, working on a career, and had yet to turn on the biological time clock.  However, life changed after that fateful phone...

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Thankful They Are Adopted

I was diagnosed with skin cancer six weeks ago, and today I am having the cancer surgically removed.  At times, I’ve given little thought to the mutated cells I have been carrying around, but other...

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