When I was pregnant with our second child, her test for Down syndrome was positive. My husband and I discussed it for about 2 minutes. We are Catholic so there was no consideration to abort her. We just knew our lives would change. We bought books, spoke to parents of Down syndrome children, and prayed.
When she was born, she did not have Down syndrome, to our surprise. The test was wrong. Tests are often wrong, we later learned. In fact, 10% of positive NIPT results for Down syndrome are false positives.
Our daughter just finished her second year of law school and has thrived. She is my best friend and I don't know how I could be whole without her.
By brother suffers from Cerebral Palsey. He just turned 50 but is really about 12, mentally. We love him so.
They are both gifts.
Everyone has to make their own decision, and only God can judge, but taking a life purposefully with the rationale that they may not be perfect makes no sense to me, but that's just me.
Admittedly, the post below made me sad. Oh what they may have missed out on no matter the outcome.
#Downsyndrome
#Trisomy21
@BrianEntin My family has stayed at Mic Mac for years! Itโs a really nice camp ground and strange dangerous people are never allowed in there. We own property in Maine now and nothing like this happens here. Especially small quiet Union!!
"My name is Augustus Doricko. I'm the CEO and founder of Rainmaker. We're a cloud seeding company that is enhancing precipitation via advanced radar and also drones.
I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had to give up my 1st class seat and move to a flight that left 20 minutes later (from the same gate) with a stopover in Denver. I was very reluctant but I did it.
When I got to the airport, I watched people boarding flight 93 and I was upset that I was not leaving earlier, in my 1st class seat on a direct flight. I didnโt notice or care about the people as they were boarding, only myself.
When I finally boarded my plane, we were 7 planes behind flight 93. When we were 3 plans away from we taking off, the pilot told us to look out the right side of the plane because it appeared the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. I thought it might have been a small Cessna until I saw the second plane strike the other tower.
We were grounded just before taking off. I changed that day. I now take every opportunity to get watch and if possible, get to know the people Iโm boarding a plane with. I never hesitate to give up my seat for a later flight if requested. Iโve had two children since 9/11 and went to multiple mission trips to war torn countries. Every day I wake up breathing is another gift from God.
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#NeverForget #911Anniversary