David (Shi Shi) Cormier
In 2005, Al and I decided to adopt from China for a fourth time. Our first three children were all healthy girls, all infants at the time of placement. We decided that once again, we would submit a dossier to CCAA requesting another healthy infant girl.
For a time, as we gathered the documents for our dossier, it seemed that I was encountering many families who had adopted children with clefts, whether at the Jewel, in a restaurant, in our children’s preschool, or on a list online. I spent time researching cleft lip and palate, and realized that by living in the Chicago area, we had access to some of the very best care for clefts in the country. But our three girls were also still pretty young – ages 7, 4 and 2. Both Al’s and my family live in New England – no grandmas or aunties or cousins to help out while we took our child into the city for appointments and surgeries. We live in a more rural area, with few neighbors who could help and support us. And, let’s face it – this would be our fourth child. To accept a referral for a child with special needs felt daunting. In August of 2006 we submitted our dossier requesting a healthy infant girl. But I continued to think about cleft lip and palate......
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