We called the agency and found out that there are still about 35 to 40 families ahead of us, all waiting for a non special needs child. In respects to timelines, the best estimate that our agency could provide, at least at this time, is approximately one year before we would receive a proposal. We also just found out that we are number one on the list for parents open to special needs. That being said, I believe that the 3 year old boy that I had mentioned in my last update, was likely accepted by the other couple that was ahead of us on the list. I don't know this family but I can only imagine how excited they must be. So what does this mean for us? Well, unfortunately, the agency can not provide any approximate time lines at this point, although they feel fairly certain that a special needs proposal will come sooner than waiting another year for a non special needs. After experiencing a longer wait than was orginally expected, we are trying to be patient and not get excited or ahead of ourselves.
As mentioned before, Portia had some bloodwork done and we found out that China did innoculate her with the Hep B vaccine however she does not have any Hep A antibodies. We briefly discussed this with Portia's pediatrician and although he feels that we shouldn't have any concern, Alex and I did some research, and feel more comfortable having Portia innoculated. My sister-in-law will be travelling with us as well and has started the vaccination protocols. On that note, once Portia has been vaccinated, we will all be ready to travel. Now to complete some more paperwork...We are waiting for our social worker to come home from holidays to have some changes made to our homestudy. This will then have to be sent to the Ministry for approval. We also need to check on the Citizenship papers. It seems like just when you think it's over, there's always something else to think about.
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