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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 703920" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Wow. The similarities here are incredible.</p><p></p><p>We adopted one of our precious boys at age two. He had crack in his system and also had syphilis. His birthmom lived in a horrific, depressed part of Chicago where there are no jobs and drug addicts have any money around. He was her fifth child and grandma had the other four, all drug exposed, but was also poor and stressed and did not want another child. So fortinately Sonic came to us after being in a very loving medical foster home first</p><p> See, he needed open heart surgery when he was an infant.</p><p></p><p>He was wild and screamed a lot as an infant and long story short is we knew he had autism and maybe alcohol effects. These were not diagnosed But we especially thought he had autistic traits.</p><p></p><p>But we loved him and he was a fighter with a tender heart and tried so hard. He got help all along, made tremendous strides, is an independent young man of 23 who works hard and is very beloved by all. He does get social security, but lives basically a full life with his own place and two part time jobs...and he wont drink or touch drugs. He has one very close friend, he bowls and plays softball and is a cook and also works at Game Stop.</p><p></p><p>Sonic has almost no interest in his birth family. When it comes up, which is very rare, we tell him she must have been a wonderful person with a good heart, but she was too sick with addiction to raise a child. When asked if he wanted to meet his siblings he said no. When asked again later he said no again.He is a happy young man and does not appear upset at being adopted.</p><p></p><p>He was really a well behaved loving little boy and teen and likes his life. He does have high functioning autism, but no signs of alcohol effects. He is one of my four children. Three were adopted and he is the sweetest of all my kids. </p><p></p><p>My other kids do not have special needs. My oldest child and biological son is my biggest problem. Go figure. He is NOT sweet OR happy.</p><p></p><p>Nice to have you here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 703920, member: 1550"] Wow. The similarities here are incredible. We adopted one of our precious boys at age two. He had crack in his system and also had syphilis. His birthmom lived in a horrific, depressed part of Chicago where there are no jobs and drug addicts have any money around. He was her fifth child and grandma had the other four, all drug exposed, but was also poor and stressed and did not want another child. So fortinately Sonic came to us after being in a very loving medical foster home first See, he needed open heart surgery when he was an infant. He was wild and screamed a lot as an infant and long story short is we knew he had autism and maybe alcohol effects. These were not diagnosed But we especially thought he had autistic traits. But we loved him and he was a fighter with a tender heart and tried so hard. He got help all along, made tremendous strides, is an independent young man of 23 who works hard and is very beloved by all. He does get social security, but lives basically a full life with his own place and two part time jobs...and he wont drink or touch drugs. He has one very close friend, he bowls and plays softball and is a cook and also works at Game Stop. Sonic has almost no interest in his birth family. When it comes up, which is very rare, we tell him she must have been a wonderful person with a good heart, but she was too sick with addiction to raise a child. When asked if he wanted to meet his siblings he said no. When asked again later he said no again.He is a happy young man and does not appear upset at being adopted. He was really a well behaved loving little boy and teen and likes his life. He does have high functioning autism, but no signs of alcohol effects. He is one of my four children. Three were adopted and he is the sweetest of all my kids. My other kids do not have special needs. My oldest child and biological son is my biggest problem. Go figure. He is NOT sweet OR happy. Nice to have you here. [/QUOTE]
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