North Bend, Washington
Our beautiful son, Aidan blessed us with his presence May 14th 2010. After a complicated natural delivery he was rushed to the NICU because he had fluid in his lungs. My husband Brandon went with him. I didn't get to see him for two hours! I was wheeled into his room. He had a big oxygen dome over his head. At that time all I cared about was him recovering and coming home, but the Pediatrician felt it was the right time to say, "Your baby has some characteristics of Down Syndrome. We would like to take blood for genetic testing."
It felt like my mind was trying to process a million different things at once. I found myself down an unexpected path in life. Finally at 1am I held Aidan for the first time, it was euphoria! A calm came over me and I knew this path was perfect for me, and everything was going to be alright.
(I'm leaving out the awful story of the OB, but if anyone needs to vent about terrible Doctors, I'd be happy to share.)
A few weeks later we found out Aidan had a hole in his heart (VSD) that would require open heart surgery when he was 6 months old! I was completely terrified! It's been almost 5 months since he had the surgery and he's doing great!
If your child needs surgery and you need someone to talk to please feel free to contact me. I definitely felt alone during that time.
Aidan just started motor therapy, speech therapy is next. His favorite person in the whole World is his 10 year old brother, Jesiah!
He's breastfed, and loves pureed baby foods. He has issues with constipation so far the only thing that's helped is goats milk yogurt. He doesn't sleep very well...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)
Aidan is a happy, healthy, and strong. He's my guy and I feel honored to be his mother!!!
Much love goes out to you all!
(I'm leaving out the awful story of the OB, but if anyone needs to vent about terrible Doctors, I'd be happy to share.)
A few weeks later we found out Aidan had a hole in his heart (VSD) that would require open heart surgery when he was 6 months old! I was completely terrified! It's been almost 5 months since he had the surgery and he's doing great!
If your child needs surgery and you need someone to talk to please feel free to contact me. I definitely felt alone during that time.
Aidan just started motor therapy, speech therapy is next. His favorite person in the whole World is his 10 year old brother, Jesiah!
He's breastfed, and loves pureed baby foods. He has issues with constipation so far the only thing that's helped is goats milk yogurt. He doesn't sleep very well...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)
Aidan is a happy, healthy, and strong. He's my guy and I feel honored to be his mother!!!
Much love goes out to you all!
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