Intro

jacquekf

Hello! I have been lurking for a while and decided to introduce myself. 

I have been married for 4 years and have one DS who is 22 months. My first pregnancy ended in a loss at 22 weeks due to neural tube defects. My DS also had minor NTDs which were repaired with surgery after birth. 
My DH and I first began discussing adoption after our loss, but ultimately choose to try pregnancy one more time. I am very blessed to have an amazing toddler! He has unfortunatly spent a lot of his young life dealing with health issues. After his NTBs were repaired we were hoping for a break from doctor visits. He has been dealing with blood and bone marrow issues since about 9 months old. He is currently considered to have bone marrow failure and is maintaining only through regular blood transfusions. After lots and lots of tests we still don't have a diagnosis from the failure, but it is believed to be a genetic issue.

 I spent the first year of his life trying to convince myself that we would be a single child family.  Over the past 10 months or so we have decide we still want to expand our family and give our DS a sibling.  We have chosen domestic infant adoption as our path and I am very excited! We will be going to our first agency info session next week.

MarionB79

Congratulations and welcome to the board!

I'm sure you will find it very useful! 

irismorning

Congratulations and welcome!

silliestbunny

Welcome.   I am sorry to hear of your losses, and sorry that your son is dealing with bone marrow failure.  I work in w/in the field of bone marrow transplant.  Being in Minnesota is a good thing.. you've got some of the world's best hematologists at UMinn. 

Welcome to the adoption world.

jacquekf

silliestbunny:

Welcome.   I am sorry to hear of your losses, and sorry that your son is dealing with bone marrow failure.  I work in w/in the field of bone marrow transplant.  Being in Minnesota is a good thing.. you've got some of the world's best hematologists at UMinn. 

Welcome to the adoption world.

Thanks.  We are seeing a hematologist at Children's hospital right now, but with out any answers I have been pussing for a UofMN referral. Just found out his hemoglobin is 6.2 so we will be going for another transfusion tomorrow morning. I am so frustrated and feeling helpless.  Lots of tests which take so long and so far are only eliminating rather than diagnosing.