The couple I have been emailing with were not given another appointment at the SDA.  They had two appointments and both referrals were for very sick children.  One had a terminal illness.  The other child needed several surgeries and was very sick.  Today they had an appointment with a woman who works in the SDA.  I think she was the assistant director.  She told the couple that the law states that adoptive parents can only have a third appointment if they did not visit the second referral.  We were actually told the opposite by the SDA; they were mad when we chose not visit children that had obvious FAS features.  So there really is no rhyme or reason why some couples get a third appointment and why some couples go home empty handed.  It is so sad when a loving couple want to give an orphan a good home and they have to leave without a child. I jus don't understand it at all.

  They were told that they could resubmit again in Oct. and ask for a new appointment.  They just don't know that they want to do that; they are so disheartened. I don't blame them. It take so long to gather all the necessary documents for a dossier and then to have a facilitator submit documents takes a while. At the current time, I think there are  more young healthy children available for adoption in Russian than in Ukraine.