2006-06-29T18:42:00.000-07:00

My nightmare began the day I got a call from my Daughter-in-law in Covington, KY that the state had removed my 4 Grandchildren from her home due to neglect(the neglect was the 4 yr old daughter(then 3) got outside her apartment when she wasn't home, and she was in the care of a babysitter(her best friend that lived with her) that also had a small child. My 4 grandchildren were taken but the babysitter got to keep her child. Well when I found out I called the worker that removed the children and told her I want the children, she told me she would start the interstate compact and send it to my County in Indiana. Once it reached here I was called and told I would have to become a licensed foster parent before I could get them, so I went through foster parent training, CPR and First Aid, State Criminal background check, TB test and gave 4 references of non relatives, after that was completed it was time for the home study, we were almost finished completing the upstairs when they called and wanted to come out, they checked out the house, the yard, the cabinets and the refrigerator, everything checked out, but they were gonna give us 2 weeks to have the upstairs done to complete the home study, when it was finished I called them to see when they would come and they then told me they weren't coming back due to an Educational neglect they found on me in 2001, a substancial report I knew nothing about. Never notified, no court, nothing. Because of that I could never get a foster care license in Indiana.
Let me now talk about my grandkids, the 8 yr old(then 7) is in her 2 foster home within a year, the first one she was in she was placed there with her youngest sibling(her brother 2 at the time) well she started making accusations that the foster father was touching her, so they removed her from that home, they came up with the only reason why she was saying that is she figured they would let her come home, the sibling still remains in that home. Now the 4 yr old daughter is in her 2nd foster home also because the first one she was in she was having problems with the foster father, whenever he would come home from work she would run and hide like she was terrified of him, once she punched him in the mouth, then she was removed. Since the 3 oldest girls have been in foster care they have all been put on differnt kinds of medication, the 4 yr old takes medications like Dexedrine-hyperactivity,Clonidine-aggression,Mirtazapine-sleeplessness, I am yet to get a list of medications the other 2 girls are on. They were never on any type of medications when they lived at home unless they had a cold or something, all of a sudden they sure need it now.
My Daughter-in-law goes back into court in Covington, KY on July18th, they are looking to do a Goal change, a Goal to change foster care to adoption unless I can stop this from happening, but I don't have the funds to get an attorney. I will be in court that day and I pray she will get to bring them home, but I don't think that is gonna happen, even though she has done everything that was asked of her, they still dont want to give her back the kids. I don't want that to be the day I will have to say Goodbye to them, because I wont be ready too, I NEVER WILL!!!!!!!!

I'm not ready to say Goodbye