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Since I have spent hours to put some pics in my signature I feel, like I should introduce ourselves.
My name is Ulli, I am 37 years old. My husbands name is Walter and we have two kids, Benni and Marina. Marina is born with DS, which I did not know during pregancy. She is a healthy little girl, very stubborn, but very sweet.
After visiting kindergarten for two years I have found out, that our elementary school, the one, where Benni is going to, is willing and ready to let one class of the school for children with special needs in. So there are two classes (the regular one and ours) that learn together in one classroom. School integration is not usual in Germany, thats why I think this is like a lottery winning to us. But I had to put her to school one year ahead, she was only 5 when she startet school.
The teachers were afraid, she could not stand the long days, since she is very small and tiny. But after all, they found out, that she is the toughest of all her 5 male classmates. The big girls just love her, and so far there is nobody that doesn't like her. I walk her to school every morning and in the afternood I take the luxery of the bus bringing her home.
In the last months we were afraid of Marina having coeliakie (?), since her blood (antigliadin) said so. But since she didn't show any of the symptoms, we had to check in hospital with a biopsy. The intestant(?) looked like she coudn't eat gluten anymore, gyt the pathology didn't, so once again we were very lucky.
Marina has had a lot of tubes in her ears, and she is very near sighted, but other than that, so far, there are no health problems.
Benni loves Marina and they hardly ever fight. He is so proud she goes to the same school like he is. When I ask hin, if he had the chance to have Marina with our without DS, he would rather have her with.
I hope I didn't forget anything, if so, let me know.
And please excuse my poor writing, I can talk better than write in english.
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Ulli, Mom to
Benni April 26, 1997
Marina Dec. 14, 1999 DS
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