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A letter to myself at my prenatal diagnosis

A Letter To Myself At My Prenatal Diagnosis What I Would Tell Myself About Triton’s Diagnosis You will know more love than you thought possible. I cried so hard when the doctor first mentioned that he thought Triton might have Down Syndrome. I worried immediately about the unknown. If I had known then exactly how I feel now I never would have shed one tear. Dear Shannon, Right now you are full of worry and fear. A thousand thoughts race through your head as you wonder what this means for your beautiful little boy. You are scared that you may lose him, and that thought is unimaginable. You will spend the next weeks learning all you can about all of the health issues that may affect your angel. You will take a crash course on Congenital Heart Defects and Trisomy 21, and you will not feel any better once you have learned all you can. I know you have prepared yourself for the worst, but here is a little secret…… he is a pure miracle. He arrives early and small, only to steal the hea...