Panel Outcome:

Hi Readers, 

Yesterday Tee and I attended the long awaited Accreditation Panel.

The day started off very nervously.  Tee went to work to keep himself occupied (and there were certain things that he needed to attend), while I whittled away the morning hours by cleaning the house and going shopping.  None of our distractions worked though.  We were both still very nervous when we headed out to go to the Adoption Agency.

We arrived at Panel 30 minutes before we needed to.  Our usual 50 minute drive only took 40 minutes for some unknown reason.  When we were finally invited into the panel, we sat for about an hour answering questions from all three of the panel members, but it really didn't feel that long. The only difference between this and our interviews with our social worker (SW) was that there were a lot more people in the room.  Once they had finished questioning us, we went with our sw back out to the waiting room and waited, and waited, and waited....   this wait seemed to take forever.  I probably looked at my watch every 2 -3 minutes.  After about half an hour, we were invited back into the meeting room where Tee and I were told that they were happy to accredit us for Adoption in Victoria.  Finally we were APPROVED!!!

Since this news, we have excitedly been telling family members, but I don't think it will actually feel real until we get "the call" for placement.   In the meantime....... we wait.

It has been a long and difficult 2 years for us both, but we feel very happy and lucky that we are now sitting on the register of prospective adopters.

Kay :)