what the doctors never told me

In all the stacks of information about medical issues Lily might face in the future regarding her diagnosis of Down syndrome, somehow those doctors left out a few very important facts. Was it for lack of long term studies or purely to shield me from what was to come?


I'll never know, but I am posting this as a warning to new parents of children with Down syndrome.


We have here significant scientific data that proves the 21st chromosome (of which individuals with Down syndrome have three copies) contains genetic material responsible for ....

A) mischief





and


B) charm

...thus tripling the potential for daily doses of trouble.


Consider yourselves warned.