She Was Born Prematurely And Fought Her Way Through The NICU: Now Her Foster Parents Are Hoping To Adopt Her
DeBary, Florida. Sabrina and Zach Glenn are a couple living in Florida who have spent more than 3 years fostering children from the Central Florida area.
Throughout their time as foster parents, Sabrina and Zach have graciously welcomed 8 different foster children into their home.
Over this past summer, Sabrina and Zach were asked to take on their 9th placement; a little girl who was born 6 weeks prematurely.
This little girl had also already been exposed to drugs in the womb, and her name was Debbie. On August 1st, Sabrina and Zach agreed to take on Debbie.
Without hesitation, Sabrina and Zach have stepped up to be everything that Debbie has needed.
“Since then, Debbie has thrived and surpassed all of her health goals and is such a bubbly happy little girl,” Sabrina and Zach wrote on a GoFundMe page.
GoFundMe; pictured above is adorable baby Debbie
“As with all of our placements, we have poured our hearts into this little girl while working hand in hand with her biological parents.”
“Her biological parents have come to a crossroads and have made a decision to surrender their rights to a private adoption agency with the plan that Baby Debbie stay with us.”
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“Unfortunately, these parents have been through a similar situation with a different path that was unfavorable for them.”
With Debbie’s parents choosing to go through private adoption, Sabrina and Zach won’t have to deal with endless court appointments, but it does mean that they need to handle everything not only through a private adoption agency but with an attorney that specializes in this as well so that they can formally adopt Debbie.
“A downfall of this private adoption route, other than the out-of-pocket expenses, is that Baby Debbie would lose the state benefits that children adopted from the foster care system are afforded,” Sabrina and Zach continued.
GoFundMe; pictured above is another photo of baby Debbie
“The urgency in this matter is that Baby Debbie may start being moved around the foster care system within the next few days and this opportunity that has been presented by her biological parents would need to be acted on immediately.”
Sabrina and Zach were completely caught by surprise when the opportunity to adopt Debbie came up, so they were not financially prepared to shell out so much money to adopt her privately.
Sabrina and Zach have estimated that everything will cost around $15,000, and they’re hoping though that they will be able to raise the money needed to adopt Debbie.
If you would like to donate to Sabrina and Zach’s GoFundMe to help make them Debbie’s official parents, you can do that here.
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