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Hello. My name is Shenette. I am 26 yrs old and I have a son that has Down Syndrome. He will be 2 yrs old in August and he's not sitting, crawling, or walking yet. When I was pregnant I had no idea that the baby I was carrying had Down's, the doctors and nurses felt that he had Down's, but they didn't want to tell me that until they had proof. I known something was wrong when he was in the hospital b/c he wouldn't eat so they had to put a feeding tube in his nose to feed him and he had an IV in his little foot and he wouldn't stay warm for nothing. We were home for 2 wks when his doctor called a said that my new born baby did indeed have Down Syndrome and I just wanted to die. I thought it was the end of the world. I thought I had done something to cause hime to get Down's. I cried for days and couldn't not stop crying b/c I didn't know anything about Down's. I still get down sometimes b/c I don't want people to look at him funny or feel a certain way about him. I was working until I was about 5 months pregnant and my plans were to go back to work 6 wks after I had him, but it didn't turn out that way. I'm still not working b/c I'm trying to go to college and be home in time for the therapists. They come to my home 3 times a week. My major is Computer Information Technology and I'm trying to finish and graduate, but I'm really having babysitting problems so I might have to drop out. I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD B/C HE IS MY LITTLE ANGEL AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH THAT I JUST CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT. I just really need somebody to talk to. Please feel free to email me at [email protected] ↓
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