A Short 24 Hours Later
Just a day after getting that call, Katie’s caseworker called her again. Hesitantly, Katie answered the phone. All she hoped was that she was granted the right to be the baby’s foster mother. That same day, she walked out of the nearby hospital with the four-day-old baby in her arms.
A Difficult Start
Katie had experience fostering a 14-month-old child, but she’d never taken care of a newborn before. This boy needed help as soon as possible. She thought it was awful that he was abandoned at such a young age, but that wasn’t even the worst of it.