I did not choose for my son to be sick. I did not choose for my son to be so extremely sick. I did not choose for my son to be so sick for so long. I did not choose for my son to require 14 hours a week of literally just sitting next to a dialysis machine. I did not choose for my son to be deaf. I did not choose for my son to need six surgeries in the first six month that he was home. I did not choose for my son to be on three different blood pressure medications. In fact I didn’t really even choose my son any more than any other parent chooses their child. God chose Royce to be my son. <\/p>\n
I remember crying as I read Royce’s medical files. I knew his medical history was being simplified to make him seem more appealing to an adoptive family. But I kept telling myself that his heart was healthy and his brain was healthy and we could deal with bad kidneys. I cried over the fact that I felt a connection to this child who may require lots of medical care. But deep inside I knew I had the strength to care for such a child. I already felt like his mother just as a woman feels like she is a mother to a child in her womb. <\/p>\n
One thing that I am choosing to do is fight. I am fighting to make sure Royce gets the best medical care possible, to make sure he gets the best education possible, and to make sure he has the best childhood possible.<\/p>\n
Please watch my interview with Jeff Duncan, where we talk about Royce and the upcoming COTA fundraiser in honor of Royce.<\/p>\n
And please mark your calendars for Sunday March 8th<\/sup>, 2020 and join us for a pancake brunch, kid’s carnival, silent auction, and lots of fun!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I did not choose for my son to be sick. I did not choose for my son to be so extremely sick. I did not choose for my son to be so sick for so long. I did not choose for my son to require 14 hours a week of literally just sitting next to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforroyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}