camille
WOW, I FELT SO BAD FOR YOU, AFTER READING YOUR MESSAGE....BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FORTURNATE YOU ARE IN KNOWING THIS INFORMATION, FOR I DID NOT KNOW AND HAD A CHILD WITH FRAGILE X AND NOW THAT HE IS A PART OF MY LIFE,I WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE I HAD HIM...HE IS BEAUTIFUL AND I ADORE AND LOVE HIM, BUT I WILL BE TOTALLY HONEST WITH YOU AND SAY THAT HAD I KNOWN I WOULD NOT HAVE PUT A CHILD A RISK FOR THIS SYNDROME....MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IT IS NOT FAIR TO YOU OR THE CHILD...A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES IS A LOT OF WORK AND EVEN WITH A STRONG MARRIAGE IT CAN BE DAMAGING, IT IS VERY HARD WITH THE ATTENTION THESE CHILDREN REQUIRE TO EVEN CONSIDER WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME...BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO FIND GOOD DAYCARE TO DEAL WITH THESE CHILDREN, I WOULD RECOMMAND EITHER ADAPTION VIA A LAWYER OR FOSTER CARE ADAPTION...LIKE YOU I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ABORTION, HAD I KNOWN THAT MY SON HAD FRAGILE X DURING MY PREGNANCY I STILL WOULD NOT HAVE ABORTED.....GOD BOUGHT ME THIS CHILD AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE HIS WORLD AS HAPPY AS POSSIBLE....BUT PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS HEARTACE, BECAUSE EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE I LOOK AT THIS CHILD AND WONDER WHEN I AM GONE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HIM, WHO WILL LOVE HIM THE WAY I DO AND THE SAD ANSWER IS NOBODY....GOOD LUCK