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Your Reply: See Forum Rules (above) for more information about what codes you are allowed to use in your posts.	[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ruth Murphy [/i] [B]Dear Vonda, What a marvelous letter you wrote! I truly enjoyed reading it. Good luck with the new baby and with Noah's eye surgery. My Hannah is 3 and has to have that surgery on the 29th of this month. Her eyes kind-of turn in also. She has been wearing her glasses and an eye patch for awhile (remarkably keeping them both on...it was a struggle at first) and the doc said her vision is improving (she is using her lazy eye now). So now we have to have the surgery to straighten them out - both eyes have to be done. I too, am nervous about the procedure but so many people have told me that their kids went through it and it wasn't that bad. I have no doubt our kiddie-poos will fare well also. Your husband sounds like a smart, sensitive guy. My husband also pulled me out of some self-pity during my days of depression over the news of Hannah's diagnosis. It is nice to have someone close (and on this website) to put things in perspective sometimes. Of course, for me, God is my solice and refuge...a HUGE help. Much love to you and yours, Ruth [/B][/QUOTE]
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dena	Congratulations! on your new baby. Dena
Emdad	Great Message! You obviously have your hands full. Thank you for sharing those feelings, they are pertinent to all of us. When do you sleep?
Jennifer Pope	Hi Vonda, Glad to see you back (although I've been gone for about a month). Congratulations on the birth of Halle!!!! I'm glad to hear that Noah is doing well!!!!! Hope to see you back again soon.
Cindy	Hi Vonda!!! Glad to hear from you! I, like Ingrid, wondered where you'd been hiding!! Now we know that you've been a little 'busy'! Congratulations on the addition of your new baby girl! I'm sure the holidays went by in a 'blur' for you and your family!! I know how you felt having another baby after Noah. I didn't have any kind of testing with Jake! I think that is a personal choice for everyone! I knew that no matter what, God would be there to help us through! There was 3 years between Kortney & Jake. It was nice for Kortney to have someone to be with and watch. Now that they are 9 & 6 (respectively) I sometimes get sad at watching Jake 'pass her up' in some instances. However, it's also good having someone 'younger' than Kortney to be there! If you know what I mean! Of course, you're are a 'long way off' from that now! Many blessings to you and your entire family! Hope to hear from you in the future! Cindy
Ingrid	Hi Vonda, Nice to see you back here again after such a long time. I always wondered what had happened to you. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. What a pretty name! Look forward to seeing you back here and hearing more from you.
Ruth Murphy	Dear Vonda, What a marvelous letter you wrote! I truly enjoyed reading it. Good luck with the new baby and with Noah's eye surgery. My Hannah is 3 and has to have that surgery on the 29th of this month. Her eyes kind-of turn in also. She has been wearing her glasses and an eye patch for awhile (remarkably keeping them both on...it was a struggle at first) and the doc said her vision is improving (she is using her lazy eye now). So now we have to have the surgery to straighten them out - both eyes have to be done. I too, am nervous about the procedure but so many people have told me that their kids went through it and it wasn't that bad. I have no doubt our kiddie-poos will fare well also. Your husband sounds like a smart, sensitive guy. My husband also pulled me out of some self-pity during my days of depression over the news of Hannah's diagnosis. It is nice to have someone close (and on this website) to put things in perspective sometimes. Of course, for me, God is my solice and refuge...a HUGE help. Much love to you and yours, Ruth
vonda	Hi, I haven't been on this forum for months and months and months. I really miss it, although I have been extremely busy. As you know, my name is Vonda and I have 7 year old twin daughters without Ds and a 19 month old son named Noah with Ds. Noah is doing wonderfully. We are now in the process of walking. He hasn't taken any steps yet, but it won't be long. We are also dealing with his eyes. He alternates from side to side with his eyes turning in. We took him to Johns Hopkins yesterday, after 4 months of TRYING to get him to wear glasses, and they have shown no response to the glasses, so he will be having corrective surgery in April. The doctor tried to tell me that the procedure will only last 1 hour and that it is safe and the risk is low, but I know that I will be SO nervous on that day. I also wanted to let you all know that I have had another baby. Halle Victoria was born on December 15th, weighing 8 lbs 5 oz. She is beautiful and perfect, not that my other children aren't, ya know!!! I did not have an amniocentesis with her, but I did have a genetic sonogram, which was very detailed and interesting. It was so detailed, in fact, that I could see the lines on her hands and feet. Although the sonogram did not show any markers for Ds or anything else, it is not 100% accurate and there was a chance that my baby could have Ds, but my thoughts on this were "well, if she does, then Noah will have someone exactly like him to grow up with". It was actually all the other things out there, far worse than Ds that I was worried about. As far as I am concerned, Ds isn't really something that I consider a horrible diagnosis. Noah is wonderful and I would not trade him for the world. He wasn't too sure about his new baby sister when she came home, but now he loves her and smiles at her and touches her so gently. I have to admit that after she was born and after I found out that she did not have Ds and was "normal", I still cried on the way home. For a moment I was angry, angry that all my girls were born normal and that Noah was not. I felt like he had been cheated. I know it was the hormonal state that I was in, as I NEVER feel like this when it comes to Noah. My husband made me feel so much better. He said "medically Noah was cheated, but in the way that people love him and give him all of their attention, he isn't cheated, he is blessed.". He went on to say that "God made Noah this way because he is supposed to be this way. It is either Noah with Ds, or no Noah at all". Somehow these words made me feel SO much better and I haven't felt sorry for myself since. The thought of not having Noah just kills me inside. I don't know what I would do without him in my life. Well, that's what I have been up to lately. I will try to get back on her and post from time to time, but it is a little crazy at my house right now. Hope you all have been well and hope your children have been wonderfully progressing and bringing you joy!!!! Take care, Vonda.

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