A Better Start

Well, we are officially in the adoption process. It's already been a rocky start.

Let's see, first the TPR papers were supposed to be processed and given to the DA to review (late May).  Then we lost our caseworker.  Our 2nd caseworker thought I was an over-zealous wannabe adoptive parent when I requested that he look into the paperwork and make sure that the DA received them.  Luckily, the guardian-ad-lit em looked into and found out that the DA never received the paperwork. 

So, we finally did have the TPR paperwork submitted and were finally given an adoption worker (November).  However, when we met her in December, she was really of no use because the child welfare agencies were all going through a big change and turn over, so she figured she wasn't staying on our case.  As it were, our case was transferred to a new agency and we waited another month for a new adoption worker (January).

We were supposed to meet with this new adoption worker a couple weeks ago, but then I had this nasty cold so it's been rescheduled for this week.

Also, since December, I've been on a mission to make healthier life style changes so that my doctor can see that I'm serious about getting healthy.  He wanted to see changes before he signed my paperwork stating that I'm healthy enough to be an adoptive parent. So yesterday, I had my health visit with him.  I had lost 10 pounds, my blood pressure was good.  I took care of my PCOS issues by having the IUD procedure.  He was actually very happy with all of my progress.  I have done a lot and I have plans to do a lot more.  So he planned on signing the form.  I just had to have a urine test and a chest x-ray (to verify that I don't have TB).

Well, it should have been simple, right?  Nope.  My urine test shows I have an infection (probably from the IUD).  The chest x-ray -- well I don't have TB. But it did show that my heart appears bigger than it should be. That will now require another test.  So hopefully this will all lead to really nothing more than some antibiotics and then I can keep moving forward with trying to achieve better health.

Wouldn't that be something though? A big heart stopping me from adopting?

It's a journey. This adoption process. So far I've had a lot of ups and downs. I expect that we will have more blimps.  I just pray that God will carry me through the storms. He will hold me up when I've become weary.  I love these children so very much.