Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Jose's American family

Fourteen months of doctor's visits, hospitalizations, trips to the dentist, to the ER and to the OR, are memories now for Scott and Margaret, Jose's foster parents in TN.
COTA has been abundantly blessed to have the highest quality foster parents for our medically fragile pediatric patients. Most of our board member's have also fostered for COTA and we realize the responsibilities, emotional issues and joys of fostering a child that comes from a developing country with no English, in poor health and needing surgery. Jose and COTA were very fortunate to have Scott, Margaret and their daughters to share in his journey to recovery. They offered their home, finances, time and attention to Jose as if he were their own son.
We could not have asked for a better situation for Jose. The results are evident!

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