‘As I sat alone in the NICU, postpartum body aching, one thought rose to the top of my mind: ‘You are exactly who our family needs.’: Mom navigates son’s Down syndrome diagnosis, multiple heart defects – Love What Matters

On left, mom holds son with Down syndrome during family photos, on right mom takes a photo with her two sons before church

‘As I sat alone in the NICU, postpartum body aching, one thought rose to the top of my mind: ‘You are exactly who our family needs.’: Mom navigates son’s Down syndrome diagnosis, multiple heart defects

“I have whispered those words to him countless times since—through tears and smiles, surgeries and miracles, at appointments and home.”