Hi, my name is Gena, and I would like to share my story with you.
On Mother's day of 1996 my husband and I found out we were pregnant. It
was a great day for us. We call the Doctor the very next day to make the
appointments for a Prenatal visit. We were excited. Of course I was going to
start eating right, I did not smoke; I was very healthy. I had all the tests and everything came back "Normal" The day finally comes along and Johnathan
Christopher Paul was born. About six hours later we were told the news that
Johnathan had Down Syndrome. By the way, did I tell you my husbands and myself
age? We were both 21 when we had Johnathan.
At that time I was not allowed to see
Johnathan. I was unable to see him for 8 hours after he was born. At the time
the Doctor advised us that it would be best to not hold him and said that we
should leave him at the hospital and that the state would take him as a "ward
of the state." After telling the Doctor that I don't think so, I carried this
little boy for 9 months and I would like to feed him now, the doctor still
advised my husband that we really should leave him there. My husband looked
at him and said I do believe that Gena (me) said that she is going to take
him home and please don't ask us again to leave him here, he only has an
extra chromosome so what? He is going to be slow. We don't care; we loved him
from the moment we found out we were carrying a gift from God.
Johnathan is now a 2 1/2 little boy who has proven a lot of doctors wrong. He
does the normal 2 year old things. He runs, talks, sleeps, eats, and gives you
the biggest hugs and kisses around!
I hope you enjoyed our story! It is an on-going story.
A very special angel was sent to us. We named him before he arrived: Johnathan
Christopher Paul. We had no idea at the time he really was an angel! His name
means: Johnathan- "Gift from God", Christopher- "Christ bearing", Paul - "Little" one.
