[Natania's Mommy]

I got a call back from the adoption council, they have our paperwork and have passed it on to the little guys worker (this is the little guy with Cerebral Palsy)

Anyway they called me and gave me the name and phone number for his worker, but they advised me not to call for 5 days in order to give her time to read over our material.

So here I sit wondering, am I going to wait 5 days only to find out that he's at risk for FAS, or one of the other factors that we know we can't handle???? Or is this our son, just sitting there waiting for us to find him????

I looked up the phone number on the Childrens Aid list and he lives 2 1/2 hours away from us. This is going to drive me crazy all weekend.

Maybe it's best this way, it gives me five days to come up with a list of questions.

This is really important, if we get past the few no way factors, I want to have good enough questions that we walk away feeling like we understand what we'd be living with if he were our son. I need that clear picture because if they're interested in us, we will have to decide wether to proceed!

Here is what I know.

-He will be 2 this summer.
-He was born premature and has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and mild delays.
-He currently receives occupational and physiotherapy.
-He can pick up small objects using his whole hand.
-He sleeps through the night.
-He eats table foods.
-He uses a modified crawl to get around.
-He can stand and sit with support.
-He babbles and makes sounds but will need speech therapy.
-His hearing is fine and his vision will be tested soon.

Now, if you were interested in adopting him what questions would you ask??? I'm drawing a total blank here!

[cherrymom]

Hi there! Sounds so similiar to us. I'm frantically trying to research CP as we've just heard from our worker about a sweet little girl with "mild" CP. It seems pretty hard to know what that means. She was 9 weeks early, 2 1/2 lbs, is now 18 months and walking pretty good, she does have reflux problems but I'm having a hard time knowing what to ask as well??? Did you find any helpful info?

[Rocking Mama]

These are what I'd want to know:
Is the CP the spastic hypertonic kind or the floppy hypotonic kind?
Is there any hope he will walk with or without aid?
Any signs of mental impairment?
Will the services he needs still be available to him if we adopt him?
Is the speech delay due at all to the facial muscles also being affected by the CP? If so, is there a chance he may not be able to speak?
What other muscles seem most impaired by the CP?
RM