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Mi niño con Síndrome de Down.



Hace ya casi 22 años que nació mi niño especial. Especial porque tiene síndrome de Down. Ese día fue grande y extraño ya que recibí un regalo doble: André, mi niño especial y su hermano gemelo, Gerardo. Gerardo es perfectamente normal, un poco zonzo, pero normal.

Nunca se está preparado para recibir una noticia como esta: Su niño tiene Síndrome de Down.
Cuando el médico que atendió a mi mujer me mandó a llamar para darme la noticia tomó sus precauciones. Supongo que anteriormente ya había dado ese tipo de noticias y que los padres lo toman como algo muy grave. Después de llamar a una enfermera, muy serio me dijo:
Su mujer dio a luz a dos niños, pero uno de ellos tiene Síndrome de Down.
—¿Y cómo están de salud? — pregunte yo, después de una pausa mientras meditaba la noticia que me acababan de dar.
—Están bien, pero uno de ellos tiene Síndrome de Down — insiste el médico.
—¿Pero están bien? ¿digo…, no tienen ningún problema? — respondo yo.
El un poco desesperado me dice —¿No le digo que uno de ellos tiene Síndrome de Down? ¿No sabe lo que es el Síndrome de Down?
Si, sé lo que es el Síndrome de Down. — ¡Claro que lo sabía! En mi país se les llama “mongolitos”. Mucha gente se burla de ellos en la calle. Esta es mi tierra; así es la cultura mexicana. Yo era uno de los burladores. Yo también hacia mofa de los mongolitos. Yo también contaba chistes de mongolitos. Yo también… este día la vida me daba una lección.
Pero a partir de ese momento todo era distinto. ¡Era mi niño! Mi niño especial. Ya solo quedaba un camino: ¡amarlo!
Antes solía pensar que algo malo había hecho; que Dios me había castigado dándome un niño con Síndrome. ¡Que tonto era!
Ya no pienso así. Hoy día comprendo que Dios hizo de mi alguien especial al darme a un niño especial.



Le doy tantas gracias a Dios por mis hijos: por mi André y mi Gerardo.

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  1. My special child was born almost 22 years ago. Special because he has Down syndrome. That day was big and strange since I received a double gift: André, my special child and his twin brother, Gerardo. Gerardo is perfectly normal, a bit zonzo, but normal.

    You are never prepared to receive news like this: Your child has Down syndrome.
    When the doctor who treated my wife call me to tell me the news, he took her precautions. I suppose that he had previously given that kind of news and parents take it as something very serious. After calling a nurse, he very seriously told me:
    His wife gave birth to two children, but one of them has Down syndrome.
    "And how are they in health?" - I asked, after a pause while pondering the news they had just given me.
    "They're fine, but one of them has Down syndrome," the doctor insists.
    -But they are in good Health? I say: they do not have any problem?
    The doctor slightly desperate one tells me. "I don't tell you that one of them has Down syndrome?" Don't know what Down Syndrome is?
    Yes, I know what Down Syndrome is. - Of course I knew! In my country they are called "Mongolites." Many people make fun of them in the street. This is my land; This is the Mexican culture. I was one of the mockers. I was also mock Mongolites. I also told Mongolite jokes. Me too ... this day life gave me a lesson.
    But from that moment everything was different. It was my boy! My special child. There was only one way left: love it!
    I used to think that something bad had done; that God had punished me by giving me a child with Syndrome. How silly he was!
    I don't think so anymore. Today I understand that God made me someone special by giving me a special child.

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