The story of Adrienne
My 2 year old grandson, Anderson was diagnosed in utero when his mom was 26 weeks pregnant. Her pregnancy prior to diagnosis was extremely difficult. She developed polyhydramnious, which was extreme, and Anderson long bones were measuring short during several ultrasound visits. My daughter requested an amino earlier, but was advised against it due to premature rupture of her membranes, and at the time, there was no major concern regarding the baby since all of the earlier testing revealed negative results.
As a week or so progressed, mom wasn’t feeling as much movement with this pregnancy, as she did with her 1st pregnancy, and going with her “gut”, demanded the amniocentesis. Weeks later, while at work, she received the call. The Genetics Nurse informed her it was Pallister Killian Syndrome, and went on to tell her everything dreadful about it. She called me crying and screaming. That is all we remember about that day. Since that day, 2 years ago, we have learned to trust God, we have learned patience, we have learned to not believe the horrendous things on the internet, we learned that we know more about Anderson’s syndrome that his providers, and we are teaching them so that they can be prepared for the next child who presents with these challenges, and we have learned that we are so lucky to have been blessed to have Anderson in our lives.
God placed this assignment at our feet, and we accepted it with open arms. With every challenge, we get stronger, we love more. He is such a fighter. They said he would not see, hear, hold his head up, swallow, and he is doing all of the above and more. He engages us, he laughs, smiles, cries, he has feelings. He is awesome.