[jolean12]

We are a caucasion couple but we did not care about the ethnicity of any foster children that came into our home. Our first placement came before we had even received our license. It was an AA 1 day old baby girl who had tested positive for crack/cocaine. She had a lot of respiratory issues the 1st year (we almost lost her once), she was on a heart monitor and feeding tube for 4 months. This all occurred after she came home, she was released showing no signs. She is now 2 1/2 and still has some respiratory problems, Asthma-not severe, and easily get colds, ect. but other than that she is doing wonderful....right on track developmentally. We finally were granted TPR on Oct 27, 2004 so we are now in the process of getting her adoption finalized.

We are also called on a regular basis for infants coming into care.