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So here is one good news and one bad news.

The Bad news first, after thinking that we were making progress and possibly had some leads on what to do, my Mom landed herself back in the hospital again. This time I am not sure what they are going to do. She was suppose to be going to Stanford tommorow for some extensive testing, but now I am not sure what the plan of attack will be. I have, so far, been, what I would consider, very strong with all this but I think I am reaching my breaking point. I am really worried about my mother and there is nothing that I can do. She told me Tuesday that she really wished I was there and I felt horrible, although I know without a doubt that she was not intentionally trying to make me feel bad. I really wish that there was someway for me to go down and see her but that is just not possible financially. Oh,well for now I PRAY from afar. Hopefully I will have another update on this situation for you tomorrow.


Now the good news. Most of you know that my sister, Sarah and Her Husband Josh have been in the "ADOPTION PROCESS" for just over a year. They found out at Christmas that they were finally in "Child Ready" stage. This means that they could get a baby at anytime. So they have been going to the screening meetings were they get to look through profiles of children that need a home. They were looking to adopt a Boy between the ages of newborn-3ish. The problem is this is a VERY popular age group so you have to act fast otherwise the child will have been taken already. Any ways they placed the situation in God's hands. They had one child a few weeks ago that they went for, the difference was that this child was a girl and she was from a line of siblings who had been placed in the foster care/adoption pool. There were some concerns that there might be problems or complications medically down the road. So my sister prayed about it. As of last week they had heard nothing. Then last Thursday, my sister got a phone call from Her social worker, there was a little boy, who was about 3 months old and needed to be placed as soon as possible. The little boys social worker was looking for a family who was ready and willing to take on this little boy. My sister immediatly said yes. They were thinking that the normal process for placement is 2-3 weeks. So, Tuesday they went to the "disclosure" meeting and got all the information. Then once they had said yes they want Him, the Social worker took them to the Foster Families home to meet the little boy. Usually you have to set this all up at a 2nd meeting a week later. The social worker also told them that this was a very quick case and that they wanted to place Him with my sister on Thursday if that was ok with them. My sister was thrilled. They spent a few minutes with the baby then had to go. Then today they are took my nephew to the foster families home to meet the baby for the first time. They thought this would help him to understand what they were doing. Then Tomorrow (Thursday) they will go pick the baby up in the afternoon. They are so excited. The court date is set for April and the adoption agency and the social workers are all very confindent that the judge will terminate all parental rights at that time and then my sister and brother-in-law will be able to file adoption paper work at the end of July for legal custody. So that is the story for now. I will post baby pictures as soon as I have them. I cannot wait. I got a text picture Tuesday that was from when He was 14 days old. He is so cute.