Staten Island, New York
My Name is Janell, and my 2 year old daughter, Jayme has MDS. We have a 10 yr old daughter and we thought for many years that she would be an only child. When we decided that we would like to have another child, we tried for about 6 months to get pregnant again. Days before my husband was set to deploy to Iraq, we found out that we were going to have another baby!!!! The only bad thing was that Jason would miss the birth.
It was a very hard time for me and my older daughter, but the baby that would be coming kept our spirits up! My pregnancy was perfect, all of my tests came back normal. Jayme was born January 11th, my Dr referred us to a pediatrician that he also used for his children. I remember looking at Jayme one day, and thinking that she had d/s eyes, it was a thought that lasted in my mind for only a brief moment and I didn't think about it again. I figured if anything the Dr's would know about it. It turned out that my pediatrician was a special needs, child specialist! The best on Staten Island! My husband returned safely home from Iraq February 27th, and boy did he fall in love with our new baby!!!!
Jayme had been waking up with mucus in her eyes, so I took her to the Dr. He was looking over her very carefully, checking her hands etc. She was set to have her 3 month check up 4 days later and it was scheduled with one of the other dr's in the office. Dr Mevs said to me, when you come on Monday the Dr you see may suggest that Jayme be tested for Down Syndrome, her eyes have the shape, but none of the other symptoms. Dr Mevs did not think that it was a concern, but suggested that maybe eventually we have her tested. I went home crying my eyes out! I went online and read about the symptoms of d/s, Jayme did not have any of them. When I went back to the Dr, I said I wanted her tested so that I never had to think about this again. I was very confident that this was not a problem! As it turned out they tested 50 of her cells and 3 of them had the extra chromosome.
We told only our immediate family members, and I feel that everyone, including my husband, do not acknowledge the fact that she has Down Syndrome. Jayme is on track to a normal life, she gets speech and physical therapy because she is entitled to it. Her speech is a little delayed, but she is on target. We had our son, 13 months after Jayme came, and he does not nave d/s.
We treat Jayme like we treat our other children, she is a blessing from God, as our other children are, but I am terrified about the future! I want my angel to have a normal life, but we just have to wait and see what time brings us. Not only does she have MDS, she also had middle child syndrome!!! LOL!
Jayme had been waking up with mucus in her eyes, so I took her to the Dr. He was looking over her very carefully, checking her hands etc. She was set to have her 3 month check up 4 days later and it was scheduled with one of the other dr's in the office. Dr Mevs said to me, when you come on Monday the Dr you see may suggest that Jayme be tested for Down Syndrome, her eyes have the shape, but none of the other symptoms. Dr Mevs did not think that it was a concern, but suggested that maybe eventually we have her tested. I went home crying my eyes out! I went online and read about the symptoms of d/s, Jayme did not have any of them. When I went back to the Dr, I said I wanted her tested so that I never had to think about this again. I was very confident that this was not a problem! As it turned out they tested 50 of her cells and 3 of them had the extra chromosome.
We told only our immediate family members, and I feel that everyone, including my husband, do not acknowledge the fact that she has Down Syndrome. Jayme is on track to a normal life, she gets speech and physical therapy because she is entitled to it. Her speech is a little delayed, but she is on target. We had our son, 13 months after Jayme came, and he does not nave d/s.
We treat Jayme like we treat our other children, she is a blessing from God, as our other children are, but I am terrified about the future! I want my angel to have a normal life, but we just have to wait and see what time brings us. Not only does she have MDS, she also had middle child syndrome!!! LOL!
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