Our First Referral....

On Thursday, January 22 we received our first referral for a little boy from Russia (Samara region). He had just turned 2 in December and was as cute as could be, however, after two days of going back and forth and reviewing his medical information, Dave and I decided that he was not the best match for our family. Based on some of his medical information and mother's history, we felt this child might be heading down a path medically where we are just not equipped to take on a child with potential special needs at this time. The good news is we have discovered that we are pretty high up on the list and they assured us that another child would be coming along shortly. However, it was a pretty eye opening experience as we were not prepared to make that kind of decision. Our thoughts and prayers are with this little boy as we know there is a family out there for him. I had not blogged in a while and frequently am asked on our progress. We plan to complete the nursery within the next 2 weeks as we know this journey is set to begin within the next 4 months. Fingers crossed and we will keep everyone posted.

Info. on the region of Samara. It is the largest city in Russia and sits along the left side of the Volga River. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara,_Russia