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Jonathan Francis Byer |
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due on Aguust 3, 2010 |
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Hannover, Germany - Full Trisomy 13 |
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 Hello,
My name is Barbara Franzo, I am italian and together with my
husband Anthony and son Joshua, we live in Germany. I am currently
30 weeks pregnant with our second son Jonathan who has been
diagnosed through an amnio with a full trisomy 13 at 22 weeks.
During my 22nd week we went for a routine level 2 ultrasound
together with my husband we couldn't wait to know whether we were
expecting a boy or a girl, unfortunately that day we received
the sad news that our baby was probably affected by trisomy 18; we
were then advised to perform an amnio. This was an exam I never
wanted to perform as I didn't believe in abortion no matter the
condition of my child, but now we needed to know what was happening
to our baby. 3 days later the amnio result showed a full trisomy 13.
us We were absolutely shocked, and even though we are both
christians we went through some really rough days struggling with
the horrible thought of terminating the pregnancy.
One
particular morning I prayed, please God give me the courage not to
abort. The more we thought and thought rationally and especially
through God's eyes it became clear to us that we had no choice but
to do God's will, terminating would have been equal to killing our
son and this was something we could never do knowing that one day we
will face God's judgment, also despite his condition he was entitled
to our love and nurturing.
After our decision was made we
experienced spiritual peace and tranquility in our hearts and we
enjoy experiencing our son's movements.
Jonathan is very
active and weighs about 1 Kg., I am doing well overall, and we are
taking one day at the time, keeping our minds focused on God`s will
for Jonathan.
We know that our next big challenge will be
when our baby will be born and we pray for strength and wisdom.
Sincerely,
Barbara Franzo
anthonybyer44@aol.com
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Submitted 5-30-10 |
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