By Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune, November 15, 2020
It can be challenging, and often overwhelming, Desiree White said.
A foster parent for the last eight years, the former pediatric trauma nurse at Mary Bridge Children’s hospital told The News Tribune she knows exactly how difficult it can be to find the medical care that’s necessary when you bring a child into your home.
White has provided temporary care to medically fragile foster children and has two adopted kids, both with special needs. For parents like her, she said the struggle can lead to frantic phone calls, frustration and — in short order — burnout.
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