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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] We have been foster parents for three years and have a biological child in early elementary school. We are currently in between placements and a few days ago our agency informed us of a sibling set of two children close in age to our child, although they are all in separate grades. One of the children in the sibling set was recently diagnosed with a severe medical condition. The child will need to be hospitalized for several weeks due to an invasive procedure and then, after discharge, will have daily therapies (OT, PT, etc), appointments, and other minor procedures for an undetermined amount of time. The prognosis is good, but we have been informed that the treatment will most likely cause chronic health conditions. Most of our former placements have been short-term placements but this situation is very unique as the parental rights have already been terminated and we could adopt the siblings.

My husband has a fairly healthy work/life balance and I work for myself and have a flexible schedule for appointments. I also worked in healthcare before I began working for myself, so I think we are in a better position than most to be able to care for a medically complex child. Our biggest concern is whether or not we have the bandwidth. This is not our first time with a sibling set, but obviously this is a different situation. We are worried that we would turn our child and the other sibling into “glass children.” We really want to say yes as we know this is a difficult placement, but we want to know if there is anything we should take into consideration before we make a final decision.[/quote]

I would pass [/quote]

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