[Jessi_76]

I don't have too much time this morning to respond to each post individually, but I would like to give a HUGE collective thank you to all of you. Your help and advice has been invaluable.

We have accepted the referral and will be meeting the girl and the boy - our son and daughter, in just a few days!!! Woo hoo!!!!

The following, just so this may help anyone else in this situation, is what our agency was able to find out:

Here is actually what we found:
Lida and the director called to the Civilian registry office of the place where girl's mother lives.
They were told that girl's mother SLIGHT mental development delay because she has never gone to school, she can't read, can't write.
Girl's mother lives in a very small, remote and very poor (that's important) village in the Siberia, neither she (girl's mother) nor her siblings ever studied at school, her mother is absolutely illiterate, she is so called "pedagogically neglected", but she IS socially adapted and the norms of her behavior are within social standards. No one in this family girl's mother including has NEVER had any mental diseases!!! From mental point of view girl's mother is healthy, just can't read and write.
As for this formulating "Invalid 1 group", in our country the adults who can't read and write, illiterate, they are officially given invalidity because this was they get much more money as hardship allowance, see above: girl's mother lives in very poor place and this money helps her survive. So, in fact, and the chief doctor proves this, there is nothing to worry about, the girl is very healthy.



We did also have our IA Dr. at CHOP review and she seemed very pleased with the health, overall, of the child.

SO EXCITING!!!!! Whjile it's terribly sad and breaks my heart to think that people live such a poor life like this, it is just the relief we needed to allay our own fears.

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend!!!!
xoxoxo