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The first thing you will need to do in international adoption is pick a country to adopt from. Each country has their own laws about what health conditions they will accept in an adoptive parent. They can vary widely, and are often based on the prognosis a person with that diagnosis would have in that country - they have no idea, even with a doctor's note, what the prognosis would be in the USA.
So one option might be the countries where medical care is more advanced, like Korea (IF they're accepting adoption applications right now, I don't know that). Someone with MS might have a good prognosis somewhere like that, and therefore be no more of a barrier there than it would be here.
Another possibility might be a country that completely embraces international adoption, believing that that country's orphans have a better chance with just about anybody in teh USA than they do if they stayed in the orphanage. Liberia used to be such a country, I believe they're closed at the moment, but perhaps there are others.
I can't steer you in any specific direction, other than to reinforce that the country is the first choice. Countries like China where there is a 3 year wait for a referral have tightened their restrictions to only allow the parents China thinks are "best" to adopt. Other countries believe it's fine for a child to grow up in an orphanage, and they're in no hurry to expand the criteria for adoptive parents. And so on.
Once you've settled on a country or two that look likely to allow someone with your husband's condition to adopt, then call a couple agencies that specialize in that country. Those are the agencies that will know the rules for that country inside and out, know who in the country to contact, know exactly how to phrase things. If there is a way to do it, an agency that specializes in that county will know how to make it happen. Then when you get the green light from one of them, you can start your paperchase and making your payments.
And just as an aside, keep domestic adoption of a child in your age range in mind. Make sure that if you discard it, you are doing so based on truth, not on untruths. Someone with a chronic problem like MS that can be asymptomatic and handled well in the USA will experience few problems adopting in the USA. Certainly fewer than adopting internationally. It may be the solution you're looking for.
Good luck!
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