re: Introduce Yourself!

My name is Karin and my daughter has Leukimia but she,thankfully, is in remission :] she is 3 1/2 years old.

Hi, my name is Kaeli. My daughter, Elizabeth, was born July 6th, 2009 and has since been in and out of the hospital. She was born very big at 9 pounds 14 ounces and had problems with her glucose level in the hospital. She has severe reflux, delayed gastric emptying, an ASD, and is a FTT baby. She is now on prevacid for the reflux as well as reglan (which I hate!) and is seeing a cardiologist for the ASD. We were also told at her last appointment that her soft spots are closing very quickly and she may need surgery to keep them open.

My name is Laraleigh. I have 3 children and a baby on the way. My 2nd born, Luceas, has PDD-NOS and at the age of 3 is cognitively 1 year 6 months. My youngest so far, Julia, just turned 1. She was 2lbs 9oz at birth and diagnosed with dwarfism inutero. Thankfully, she does not have dwarfism, as the type she was diagnosed with was lethal, but suffers from reactive airway disease and severe asthma. My oldest, Mason is 4 and though he's rambunctious, he is typical. God's blessings to you all and to your children.

I'm Steph. I have one daughter, Avalee. She was born healthy at 36 1/2 weeks. On June 26th, she was shaken by a trusted friend of my family. She got lucky though, very lucky. She was only in the hospital for 1 week and 1/2. But now at 5 months has poor vision and hearing, failure to thrive, difficulty eating, can't roll over, retinal damage, can not follow objects and has trouble making eye contact.Lately she has been doing very well though. She has begun trying to hold her head up. The doctors are very confident that she will be a bit delayed and need some extra help, but will be able to learn new things, slowly but surely. We are just so very proud of her and love her so much!

I'm Tobey. I'm a 27 year old mom to a 23 month old son, Jasper, and another on the way! Jasper is autistic and does not communicate. He also has bad in-toeing which is why he is also in physical therapy, he cannot walk very well. He will be 2 in a month but has the cognitive/developmental level of a 9 month old. We are hoping all of the early intervention therapies he is in help him out.
It has been a struggle. My own father is also autistic, so it runs in my family. I can't help but wonder how our next little one will be.

I'm Angelina a 23yaer old mother to a beautiful 3 month old little girl, Anika. Anika is Microcephalic (small head) so far she shows very little delays but they can't tell me much of what can/will happen to her as she grows. She will be 4 months old on Friday and is still only 9lbs 9oz and 22 in long and her head circumference is 13in. I love her more then anything in this world but it is still a struggle some days and I worry that if I have more children they too will have Microcephaly.

Hi, my name is Ashley and I'm 6 months pregnant with my 1st girl. We just recently found out that our baby girl has club feet. I still don't know much about it and I'll have my 2nd sonogram soon.

It'd be nice to get a message from parents who have been through what I 'm going through and get a little support. I'm %100 supportive but also a little scared.
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