In December 2004, my husband and I got the devastating news that our unborn son had a condition called, Trisomy 18. It is also an extra chromosome but in the 18th position. The statistics on a baby with Trisomy 18 were not good. 80% are stillborn and 90% die before their first birthday. Our doctor tried to pressure us to abort our son. We told her that was NOT an option for us. He was our son, and if he had only a ten percent chance of making it to his first birthday we were not going to take that away from him. We wanted information and help to give him every possible chance at survival. Our doctor called him a "Pointless, nonviable fetus" stating that "Its just going to die anyway." We were forced at 20 weeks pregnancy to find a new doctor willing to help us to meet our son alive. His story is at http://jordan.newlifeshasta.com/ .

Our son was born alive on March 10 and lived for 32 hours. The most amazing 32 hours of my life.

I commend Sarah Palin and her family for choosing life.

Since Gov. Palin’s appointment, I cringed at hearing people say things from "her son is afflicted with Down syndrome" to "he sadly has Down syndrome" or "he is a Down’s child." You see, people are people first.
Many of our friends prenatally diagnosed as expecting a child with Down syndrome were told it was a “moderate to severe case.” There is no such thing. It is impossible to accurately predict levels of ability. In fact, much can be done to help kids with Down syndrome achieve things previously thought impossible. Most read, some marry and drive, many hold jobs and live on their own. Fear and negative talk drive up the abortion rate and rob us of untold blessings.
Our son helped inspired a clinic that supports and teaches families with differently-abled children overseas. He has taught us to be thankful for the over-looked and big joys of life and helped us understand what pure love. When I hear someone had a child with Down syndrome, I think “Yeah for them!”

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