We found out we were pregnant with Maison at Makenna’s 1st birthday party. We were very excited but very scared. Because of Makenna’s preterm birth I was followed very closely. At 13 weeks I had a detailed ultrasound, which raised some red flags to our specialist. At 17 weeks we had an amniocentesis and at 19 weeks were told Maison had Down syndrome and an inversion in his number 2 chromosomes. Basically his number 2 chromosomes split in half, flipped and then re fused back to gather. They had no idea what this would mean and warned us that he could spontaneously abort at anytime during the pregnancy. We were hopeful he would make it to term and be born healthy.
Maison was born on time and weighed 5 pounds 15 pounces, the same weight Makenna was discharged home at and the same weight of Mom Traci and Grandma Debby. We think that’s a really cool thing!! Maison was treated at the special care nursery at University Hospital connected to Riley due to his low heart rate and oxygen needs. He came home about a week later on oxygen and eating from a bottle. Over the next few months Maison underwent sleep studies and monitoring on his oxygen. After a few months he came off the oxygen and was really very healthy. We have been so lucky with his health and feel very blessed. Maison is full of energy and has a personality that glows!!!!!