{"id":280199,"date":"2022-11-26T18:42:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T00:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=280199"},"modified":"2022-11-23T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:09:22","slug":"adoption-foster-care-ct-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/adoption-foster-care-ct-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy battling health challenges celebrates adoption by his former teachers: ‘I feel so happy’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In honor of National Adoption Day on November 19, hundreds of children around the country were adopted in special ceremonies on Friday. One of those was Nate, a 10-year-old from Waterbury, Connecticut, who celebrated his\u00a0adoption<\/a> by two of his former teachers.<\/p>\n

Nate’s mom, Jenna Riccio, taught him reading when he was a first grader. The following year when she learned he was in DCF care due to a number of health challenges, she stepped in to become his foster mom.<\/p>\n

As NBC Connecticut<\/a> describes, Nate had to undergo a lot due to illness with sickle cell disease, including multiple hospital stays and the amputation of his legs and an arm. According to CT Insider<\/a>, Nate had to undergo more than 120 medical appointments while he was in Jenna’s care.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of hard. And it hurt a lot,\u201d Nate said. \u201cBut every time she said she was there for me,” he said of Jenna.<\/p>\n

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