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...
View ArticleAdopted 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,...
View ArticleAdopting 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...
View ArticleHoping 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. –...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleAdopting 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...
View ArticleHIV 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...
View ArticleBecause 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...
View ArticleAdoption 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...
View ArticleThankful 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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