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medically fragile?
The agency DH and I are leaning towards has different foster programs- therapeutic, medically fragile, emergency placement, etc. I don't think at this point in time we could handle therapeutic kiddos, but i would like to look into fostering medically fragile kiddos. Our agency does all the training. Because we have bio kids and want to keep age order, we would be taking in babies/toddlers in case it matters. I know it has to be a very broad term but can someone give me an idea of makes a child medically fragile? I guess I am trying to figure out what to expect. when i hear medically fragile i automatically think of wheel chairs and oxygen tanks but I am sure theres more to it. would a preemie be considered MF? or a "drug baby"? what about children with medical conditions that aren't as "serious", like asthma or reflux? i guess both of those can be serious, but 2 of my 3 bio kids have asthma, the 3rd had reflux (she outgrew it),I wouldn't consider any of them as MF, though all of them have/had mild cases so maybe thats not the norm? for those who specialize in caring for medically fragile children is there a certain condition you are placed with more often than others?
thanks for you help. we will be asking the agency these questions once we start the process but we have awhile til we get to that point and i have really been wondering.
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