Panel tomorrow

Well panel’s tomorrow and we’ve managed to survive the week without getting too nervous. So far, so good. Tomorrow will be another story, of course. What’s weird is thinking that tomorrow is likely to be one of the most significant days of our lives whatever the outcome.

So what if it’s a “no”? We don’t really want to think about it too much as we want to be positive, but we need to consider that we may be rejected at panel. The obvious thing to do would be to contest the decision through the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). Failing that we could go to another agency I suppose (if an agency will take you once you’ve been turned down by a panel). It would depend on what reasons we are giving to justify the decision. Like I say, we don’t want to think about it too much.

This evening we are going to go through our Prospective Adopters’ Report again and prepare a couple of questions that Miranda suggested we may get asked. And then we’re going to put it all away and watch a film or something to try to switch off and not get too worked up.

I’ll report tomorrow when we’re back. Keep your fingers crossed for us!