Extra Love
Rejected by her 23 year-old birth mother (a drug addict) and a 48 year-old adoptive mother who could not handle raising a child with her medical problems, a baby with DiGeorge sequence (aka VCFS) is adopted by a hospital staffer and his wife.
From MSNBC:
Over six hours that Friday in April, Burke rebuilt Emma’s walnut-sized heart, using stitches thinner than a human hair to attach a donor artery and patch over a hole…Experts believe that with early intervention, Emma has the chance at a normal life.Some hospital staffers wondered if the Monroes would reconsider the adoption after the latest ailment.But the couple is steadfast.“We are 100 percent, totally committed to this child,” Daniel Monroe said, “regardless of what comes at us.”“I truly believe that God has put her in our path because we can make a huge difference in her life,” said Elizabeth, who plans to take at least a year off from work to focus on the baby.“There’s going to be a lot of moments, hard moments, we know that,” she said the day Emma was finally leaving hospital in late May. Elizabeth, having spent the night there, was running on two hours of sleep. “God will never give us more than we can handle.”
I look at my daughter and I can’t believe anyone wouldn’t want one of these kids. They may need extra love, but they’re worth all the effort. Good luck to the Monroes on their journey with Emma.
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