[softballmom2004]

I did have quite the ordeal with CHS. I gave birth to a son in April 04 who had a congenital birth defect (ear malformed). When we went to Shands to discuss options, they asked for medical info, which clearly I did not have, and to be honest had not really looked. I started the paperwork and it was 3 months before they even opened the case. They called me at noon on my b-day and told me they were contacting my bmom. By 2:00 they had called back and said they had spoken with her and she was totally open to a reunion, which we now have had. Once we met, it seems every bit of information which was given to my parents (non-id) was completely inaccurate all the way down to my bmom's age when she had me. If I had searched for her based on their info, I would have never found her. All is well that ends well, we have a wonderful relationship and are super close - my adoptive mom died when I was 13, and I guess we needed each other desperately!! But, what we had to go through to get there was unbelieveable.