Special Needs vs. Healthy?

When we started, we went with a healthy baby.  The wait was within a year.  It was one of the things that got us to adopt again.  After that, the wait time increased.  We went from a year to over 5 year wait for a healthy child.  We had already adopted Kayla.  She had Autism.  We decided to give the special needs route a try.  We found Kiersten.  She was 7, but she looked so sad and lonely.  I just wanted to help her.  With her special need, we discovered something that we did not think about.  Well, if you ask Angie, she would say she thought of it.  Kiersten has a rare leg disorder called Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.  http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/klippel-trenaunay-syndrome
What I did not think about was the shoe situation.  She needs two sizes of shoes.  They will not split shoes at any store.  Mia was our next child.  She had under developed eyes and is developmentally delayed.  Now, we have Elana.  She is blind.  Each child has been a challenge, but what child is not.  I would not trade my daughters for anything.  They bring adventure and a sense of being to my day every day.  Special needs children need families as much as healthy children.  Once that have that love of a family, they tend to thrive.