Jesus Lovin' Momma: Quick...I need your help

timeline

August 24, 2007 - Sent application to Gladney
September 12, 2007 - phone interview with Judy
October 11, 2007 - Mailed off Application packet to Gladney
October 22, 2007 - physicals for homestudy & fingerprinting for ABI clearances
November 5, 2007 - mailed off all homestudy paperwork
December 17, 2007 - recieved FBI clearance for dossier
December 27, 2007 - first homestudy visit
January 6, 2008- homestudy complete
March 3, 2008 - recieved Gladney APPROVAL
March 28, 2008 - CIS fingerprint appointment
March 29, 2008 - UAB International adoption clinic
April 16, 2008 - travel shots
April 30, 2008 - recieved our CIS approval
May 3, 2008 - overnight dossier to Gladney
May 5, 2008 - officially went on the waiting list
October 17, 2008 - REFERRAL!!!!
December 3, 2008 - got a call with courtdate (1/27/09)
January 27, 2009 - courtdate (failed)
February 19, 2009 - 2nd courtdate (SHE'S OURS)
March 7, 2009 - leaving for Ethiopia :)
March 9, 2009 - In our arms forever! Met Mercy 1st time
March 14, 2009 - Came home from Ethiopia
July 20, 2009 - Readopted Mercy in Alabama
November 9, 2009 - applied for her SS#
November 10, 2009 - applied for her citizenship

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Quick...I need your help

For those of you with Gladney, how did you decide to check the PCR form. Just got a message from Anne and we somehow skipped this form. She's just sent it to me and needs us to check it, sign it & send it right back. What did you do? 1 PCR test or 2?! Help!!

8 comments:

Natalie Fournet said...: We did one PCR...; January 22, 2008 at 7:35 AM
mama becca said...: Hi!
We did one. My dad is a family doc and he talked with me about this. the percentage difference between the accuracy of the 1st and 2nd tests is almost statistically insignificant after the child is 6 weeks old. That means that one test is almost always correct, especially the older the child is.
Hope that helps!
becca; January 22, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Angie said...: We did not waive the 2nd test. We asked several people and received such different responses, that we decided to just keep it at 2.; January 22, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Tara said...: We did one. We have a friend who has been a nurse for yeeears and she felt completely ok with just having the one done. And Malak is a wonderfull healthy boy!; January 23, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Jennifer said...: Hi Laura! I saw your post on my blog and thought I would connect with you since we ARE right at the same stage. How exciting! Shoot me an email sometime at jjelst@gmail.com
We waived the second test. My brother is a doctor and felt comfortable with us doing that.; January 24, 2008 at 7:28 AM
Sara said...: We will check 2. Our friend is the director of research for a scientific company working on finding a cure for AIDS and she suggested we do 2.; January 25, 2008 at 4:51 PM
m&r said...: After talking with specialists, we decided to ask for 2 if the first test was given prior to the child reaching 12 weeks of age and only 1 test if the child was 12 weeks or older when it was given. Gladney was fine with this request. Good luck!; January 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Jebena said...: After consulting with our doctor and prayer, we checked one.; January 27, 2008 at 11:14 AM