[Kasey]

I think everyone has given some amazing insight. I agree that all parenting is a leap of faith, you just never know what will happen, I grew up with a cousin who was born without issues and at 13 months developed bad meningitis and is severly handicap, he is 23 but functions at a4-6 year old level.
Our son has done very well in the year he has been home, some minor health issues, but we feel we were well prepared, his head circ. was not on the charts when we came home, so he underwent a lot of testing and we were told that we may not see anything until school age, so while we don't dwell on the maybes, we have educated ourselves on the possibilities, so we are prepared and not caught off guard. As far as bonding an attaching goes, even though it is a continual process, we feel we all have done well and it has been such a wonderful year!
Life in itself is a leap of faith, you have to take that leap sometimes to reap the rewards!
Best wishes!