[mkinzie]

I personally didn't adopt a child with special needs but our friends did. They were logged in for 2 years and got tired of waiting. Their little girl is home now she is just beautiful! She's doing very well!

Her mother is a nurse so they had an idea of what they would be facing. Do you know someone in the medical field who could help guide you? From what I understand, which is little, mind you, the agency gives you a list of "needs" that you would be able to financially and emotionally handle and then you choose from there. After seeing how quickly our friends adopted their second daughter, we've talked about looking into adopting again in China. Our first daughter came home in 4/07 so I don't want to wait for years for another child. Going the regular route probably won't work for us the second time around. Good luck!