Life comes at you fast.. my best friend called me in tears

[The Frozen One]

His first born baby is diagnosed with downs and the doctors are telling him and his wife to abort.

He asked me for advice and I simply said I can't even imagine making this kind of a decision.

Adding to the grieve, both of them are super religious. Your typical church goers that are always there for Sunday service.

 

[Beedad]

Damn breh

 

[TKOK]

Damn.

 

[Black Panther]

Can't imagine having to make that choice.

Hopefully they make a choice they can live with.

 

[Spuffy]

Why do they want to abort?

 

[StayOffMe]

Abort. It seems admirable but the actuality....therapy(s) specialists iep's

Abort...think abt the child's quality of life if not the stress on the parents.

Abort.

 

[isisleo86]

Best wishes to him and his wife!

If I was in that position abortion would be an option, not sure I'd be able to go through it though.

One thing I'll say, a neighbor of a friend of mine has a son who has down syndrome. I met them during Christmas dinner 2 years ago. That child was one of the absolute sweetest children I've ever met. Absolute Angel! What touched me was how patient and caring his father was. The father babied him more than the mother. The boy wanted to play and wouldn't sit down to eat, so his dad sat him on his lap and fed him off his own plate, to make sure he ate. The dad said, as long as he eats, I'm fine. Both parents spoke about how they were raising him to be independent as self sufficient as he can be. They said for his age and with his condition he was fairly advanced over other kids his age with down syndrome. It really was beautiful!

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

id keep.but thats me


what kinda doctor offers shyt advice like that.FOH

he shoulda kept it to himself.



im a lil outraged at that.for real



bet it was a cac doctor

 

[50CentStan]

Damn that's tough af. Actually one of the things I fear. Hope the sins of his father dont curse my seeds. I mean that's still your lil man even if he got downs

 

[AlainLocke]

Seen too many grown ass down syndrome adults...that parents worry about because they don't know who is gonna take care of their kids after they die.

Then if I had other children, it would be unfair to them for me to be like..."Take care of your brother/sister..."

The whole benefit of being a human being is enjoying the intelligence and the ability to create and etc...and now I got a kid with Downs that will never experience that...unless it's some savant or some shyt...

So yeah...I am aborting.

 

[InfinateOpulance]

Its not cool that the doctor is telling them to abort. All he/she needed to do was to inform them that the baby may have down syndrome and if that's not something they want to deal with then abortion is an option.

If they don't want to abort then now is the time for them to start looking into programs, support groups, etc to help them.

This is a difficult situation to be in.

I wish them the best.

 

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

abort that lil goonie.

 

[Max.]

Doc hard on babys

 

[Rockstar Mom]

People with down syndrome live normal lives, have jobs, live on their own, and even get married

I swear everyone on the coli thinks anyone with a disorder is automatically drooling at the mouth and twitching.

 

[Nature's Fury]

abort and try again...sound shytty, but

nobody wants their kid to suffer and definitely don't want to watch them suffering...i wouldn't even want to bring a child into poverty, so i damn sure would want this for them...