WHY MY CHILD?

Pregnancy is usually a happy and exciting time and a time for planning for the future. Every parent hopes and prays for a healthy child, a child that can walk, play in the park, and go to school with the other children. But when the doctor, teacher, or social worker tells us that our child will always be different that there are no magic pills or treatments to make our child like the others, the emotional impact is devastating. We experience every emotion: confusion, disbelief, blame, self doubt, and finally grief and anger. Ultimately, we need answers. The questions that continuously go through our minds - over and over again - are WHY? WHY MY CHILD? WHY ME? WHY OUR FAMILY? Sometimes we blame ourselves. Some of us think back to the time of pregnancy: Did I follow the doctors instructions? Did I eat properly? Did I hurt my baby in the womb? Fortunately we realize that the answer to these questions is: NO. When we seek an explanation we turn to our doctors for answers. We are often told: "Your child's problem is genetic (yet no one has ever done genetic testing)." "Your child is God's special child and you were chosen to raise this child." "There are some things in medical science we just don't understand." "Your child's condition is caused by a syndrome." (Alright, but which one?) Doctors rarely tell us that our child's disability may have been caused by negligence. Tragically mistakes do happen which can lead to devastating injuries, such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, seizures, developmental delay and Erb's palsy. This Website is designed to provide you with FREE information about the potential causes of your child's disability as well as services that are available to you. It is important that you continue to read on so that we may help you identify the potential cause of your child's disability. It is important to carefully read the following list of potential causes for your child's injury to determine if one or more, of these factors may have beeen responsible. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE YOUR TIME IN REVIEWING THESE FACTORS AND REFLECT BACK ON YOUR PREGNANCY AND THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILD TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THEM MAY BE RELEVANT TO YOU. WHAT MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT TO YOU, MAY IN FACT PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: WHY DID IT HAPPEN TO MY CHILD?


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