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Heart-wrenching and all-too familiar story of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 486839" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>This is just heartbreaking! So much damage done to so many children, and all of it completely preventable!</p><p></p><p>We have a child like this in our family who is 17 now. He was adopted at birth by my ex's brother and his wife, so this boy is my kids' first cousin. They had no idea that he would be a "special needs" child when they adopted him but really rose to the occasion. Any info the agency had on the bio parents they kept to themselves so it has taken years to try to unravel the mystery. He was a beautiful baby but was premature and had very little muscle tone as a baby, had heart surgery when he was about two and finally started walking after his surgery. He could hear but didn't speak and learned sign language, finally started speaking at about four (you can't shut him up now!) He still has many neurological problems that affect his balance when walking. He is a total sweetheart and the whole family adores him. He goes to a special school at a children's hospital and has been part of several studies by top-notch doctors. And after all these years their diagnosis is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), probably complicated by whatever drugs his bio mother might have taken while pregnant. Or in other words, what happened to him was <u>COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE</u>, which is just heartbreaking! He could have been a completely normal child, but instead he will never be able to live independently, will never be able to do the things that other boys his age can do, will require constant care and supervision all his life and his parents aren't getting any younger. These wonderful people adore him and have devoted their entire lives to caring for him but it is such a tragedy that didn't have to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 486839, member: 1883"] This is just heartbreaking! So much damage done to so many children, and all of it completely preventable! We have a child like this in our family who is 17 now. He was adopted at birth by my ex's brother and his wife, so this boy is my kids' first cousin. They had no idea that he would be a "special needs" child when they adopted him but really rose to the occasion. Any info the agency had on the bio parents they kept to themselves so it has taken years to try to unravel the mystery. He was a beautiful baby but was premature and had very little muscle tone as a baby, had heart surgery when he was about two and finally started walking after his surgery. He could hear but didn't speak and learned sign language, finally started speaking at about four (you can't shut him up now!) He still has many neurological problems that affect his balance when walking. He is a total sweetheart and the whole family adores him. He goes to a special school at a children's hospital and has been part of several studies by top-notch doctors. And after all these years their diagnosis is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), probably complicated by whatever drugs his bio mother might have taken while pregnant. Or in other words, what happened to him was [U]COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE[/U], which is just heartbreaking! He could have been a completely normal child, but instead he will never be able to live independently, will never be able to do the things that other boys his age can do, will require constant care and supervision all his life and his parents aren't getting any younger. These wonderful people adore him and have devoted their entire lives to caring for him but it is such a tragedy that didn't have to happen. [/QUOTE]
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