I just want to say how much I admire your courage Shannon, for sharing with us about your precious little child. My daughter has Downs Syndrome, which was discovered at birth. She had persistent pulmonary hypertension and was taken to the public hospital ICU within hours of her birth. I remember being in denial, and in emotional turmoil as I watched her clinging to life. She did pull through, and slowly the drips, tubes and ventilator were removed. Yet I wondered what the future would hold with her development; would she be able to go to a normal school?

She is now 13 months old, and attends the downs syndrome early intervention program and is seen by a physio and speech pathologist. I know that she will develop special friendships with her little friends in the early intervention program.