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Melissa and Kody
Michigan

Basic Info

Melissa

Age: 36
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: None

Kody

Age: 35
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: None

Child Preferences

Age: Infant to 10 years old
Sex: Either
Max Number of Children: 3
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander

Special Needs the Family is Open To: Any Child (Open to Discussion), Animal Allergies, Asthma, Drug Allergies, Environmental Allergies, Food Allergies, Defiant, Difficulty Making Friends, Encopresis, Lying, Poor Social Skills, Self-Abuse, Stealing, Tantrums-Severe, Wets the Bed, Born with HIV issues or HIV Positive, Drug Addicted at Birth, Failure to Thrive, Fetal Alcohol Effected, Low Birth Weight or Premature, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Gastric Tube, Requires Life-long Medical Treatment, Tracheotomy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physically Disabled-Mild, Hearing Impaired, Speech Delays - Mild, Speech Delays - Moderate, Vision Impaired, Anorexia/Bulimia, Hoarding, Overeating, Pica, Academically behind due to poor attendance, Cognitive Delay - Mild, Expulsion(s), Has Behavior Problems in School, Mild Learning Disabilities, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Speech or Language Impairment, Suspension(s), One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Depression, One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Schizophrenia, One/Both Parents Have Alcohol Addiction, One/Both Parents Have Drug Addiction, One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Bipolar, Exposed to Domestic Violence, One/Both Parents Have Had a Mental Diagnosis, Child in Residential Treatment, Child has had a disrupted adoption, Multiple Placements, Residential Treatment History, Parents Willing to Seek Guardianship, Limited Life Expectancy Due to Illness, ADHD, AIDS, Arthritis, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Heart Disorder: May Require Surgery, Hemophilia, HIV, Missing Limbs: May Require Prosthesis, Muscular Dystrophy, Seizures, Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Traits, Spinal Bifida, Adjustment Disorder, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Depression, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Requires Medication For Psychiatric Condition/Mental Health Diagnosis, Schizophrenia, Runaway - Past, Willing to Maintain Contact via Mail with Bio Family, Willing to Maintain Contact with Past Foster Parents, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Grandparents & Other Relatives, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Siblings, Child Identifies as LGBT, Sexually Abused in the Past

Environment

State: Michigan
Neighborhood: Country/Rural
Residency:
Years Together: 8
Children in the Home: 1
Pet(s): Dog(s), cat(s), farm animal(s)

Work

Melissa

Occupation: Stay at home mom

Kody

Occupation: General Motors

Adoption Agency

Agency: Lutheran Adoption Services
Worker: Gabriella Nabozny
Worker: gnabo@lasadoption.org
City: Troy
State: Michigan
Zip: 48083

Family Description

We are Kody and Melissa. Married in 2015. Foster parents since 2018 and adopted our son in 2019. We are an active Michigan family. We love the outdoors, playing games, Halloween, camping, and baseball. We live in the country on 10 acres, with chickens, goats, and yearly meat lambs, surrounded by woods and other small farms of alpacas, llamas, cows, chickens, and horses.

Preference Description

Open to adopting 1-3 children, in the age range of 0-10. Open to gender, and any race. Open to special needs as we have experience and knowledge/background with medical, emotional, learning, and behavioral concerns.