When
I read the story about baby Leo Forrest, a wave of unhappy memories
washed over me. Thirteen years ago, I was in his father Samuel’s shoes.
My husband and I welcomed our third daughter, in the sterile setting of
an emergency C-section. He informed me in Spanish,”They think that
Christina is a mongoloid” (an outdated term for Down syndrome).
I read the story about baby Leo Forrest, a wave of unhappy memories
washed over me. Thirteen years ago, I was in his father Samuel’s shoes.
My husband and I welcomed our third daughter, in the sterile setting of
an emergency C-section. He informed me in Spanish,”They think that
Christina is a mongoloid” (an outdated term for Down syndrome).
Read more in my story on Spero News.
A father chooses life for his baby son
