| Yvonne Pierre is an inspiration. She is a very strong, | | | | what he would do or would not do with his life. |
| black single mother of two children - one of whom | | | | I resolved never to put limitations on either one of |
| has Down Syndrome. She lives locally in the Atlanta | | | | my children, and Zyon would be no different. I have |
| area. This is her story. | | | | faith in the Creator and I believe that He makes no |
| A mother's intuition is always right. | | | | mistakes. So why would I dare believe that He had |
| Throughout my pregnancy, I felt that there was | | | | made one with my son? No matter what the ability |
| something special about my baby, but I could not put | | | | or disability, we all serve a divine purpose. |
| my finger on it. Shortly after giving birth to Zyon, | | | | Now, two years on, Zyon is walking, communicating, |
| looking at him for the first time, I thought I noticed | | | | and he loves to dance and sing. He is very observant |
| something unusual in his appearance, but as the | | | | and picks up on things quickly, and he is such a loving, |
| Medical staff said nothing, I assumed it was my | | | | happy child. |
| imagination. Even when he started to have "digestive | | | | My experience taught me something very important. |
| problems" and was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit, | | | | There is not enough positive awareness of the |
| I suppressed my fears and put my trust in the | | | | children and adults with Down syndrome. Parents are |
| doctors. | | | | often worried and depressed because they believe |
| When the doctors told me that my son had a heart | | | | what the doctors say about their children - some of |
| condition, and that they believed this could be | | | | them even abort their babies because of this |
| because he had Downs Syndrome, I could not hold | | | | misconception. |
| back the tears. | | | | From my anger at this misconception, there came |
| However, almost as soon as I gave in to the tears, I | | | | the birth of "Have Ya Heard? The Ability of Downs".. |
| felt angry with myself, and said "What am I crying | | | | The site (HYH Online) was designed to promote |
| for? He is here!" - and I haven't cried since. | | | | positive awareness, provide information on Down |
| The next time I felt angry was when the doctors | | | | syndrome, resources, reviews and many more things |
| told me "Don't get your hopes up.. he probably will | | | | to come. |
| not result to anything" and "If you get pregnant | | | | HYH Online will give hope to new and existing parents |
| again, we can test you in enough time to abort it, if | | | | that feel as though there is no hope. What a parent |
| it has Downs". | | | | believes will have a huge impact on their child's |
| Almost immediately, my anger turned to pity for | | | | outcome, as it does with any child. My goal is to help |
| these poor doctors, who had such limiting beliefs | | | | others to find that hope and to let them know that |
| about my son's future, these doctors who had never | | | | blessings always come in disguise. |
| met my son before, and could not possibly predict | | | | |