My last blog talked about “adoption medicine” and why in the world someone would want an “adoption doctor”. By way of example, this blog will write of what an “adoption doctor” did for us. Our adoption agency, like most international adoption agencies, suggests that parents have whatever medical and/or developmental information is available on a child reviewed by a pediatrician of their choice and by any appropriate specialists. Our agency gave us the name of a doctor in the area who had adopted two children herself and pioneered the concept of “adoption medicine”. We saw a child on a “waiting … Continue reading →