Now that we have started the adoption process, I am anxious to start getting major things done. Unfortunately, adoptions don't exactly work like that. I have been emailing back and forth with M, the Social Work Manager. There will be a few extra steps for us to go through for the waiver process, but I honestly don't mind.
1. We will need a positive medical letter and a psychological evaluation. Ok, I totally understand that and have no problem with it as they want to make sure we are not crazy since I have a depression diagnosis.
2. She also mentioned that she wants us to speak with a clinical social worker as this is our first adoption and we have a young child in the home. She is worried that we don't know enough about out of order birth adoptions. Again, no problem with that. I would love as much information as I can get.
M was able to give us more hope that the adoption will go through. She informed me that they have successfully obtained a waiver for several families in the past. We will have to be matched with a child and then submit our medical papers to China for pre-approval. We will only be allowed to choose a Special Focus child, but that was what we were looking at anyway so I am not worried. A Special Focus child is one that China considers hard to adopt. They are usually over the age of 2 and have medical issues. Many of the children were just born under 4lbs and are then considered special focus for that reason alone. When we submitted our application, we went through a list of disorders and problems that we would be willing to care for. There are so many special focus children in China that it is honestly quite overwhelming to decide on which child is for you. I have done a lot of research and praying and have actually found a child that I am absolutely in love with, but that is for another post.
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