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Hi Everyone! My name is Theresa. I live in southern middle Tennessee.

My sister, who lives in Michigan, gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on

April 9th. He has Downs,bilateral club feet and has a hole in his

heart. The doctors think the heart problem may resolve on it's own. My

sister is 42 and single. (She thought she was going through menopause)

Surprise! My mom was hving a hard time with the whole situation and

wanted her to give him up for adoption. Thank God she didnt! I am a

teacher at Early Headstart and I have a 2 1/2 yr old Downs child in my

class. I have been trained to work with her. I am trying to talk my sis

into moving here so I can help her to raise Ethan.In my profession, I

have accsess to the best resources for him. She has no one to help her

there( the father has no interest in Ethan). If she decides to come

here I will bring her and the baby back with me when I go up there in

July.I am really excited over the prospect of helping her. I look

forward to all the support and information that I will get from this

group.