Silent World of My Child

When I knew that I was pregnant, I'm happy and excited because this will be the another chapter of my life that I will be a mother soon and start raising a family. One day, I got sick and feel restless and days after spots of rashes appeared on my face down to my legs. I was bit scared that it will affect my baby. I visited my OB Gyne for check-up and she told me that if its not allergies, then it's Rubella (German Measles) that I've got. I researched on the internet about the effects of the virus to my unborn child and it shocked me. I promised myself that whatever happens, I'll never give up on my child. I still decided to continue my pregnancy despite of sad news that I've got.

When Zyrene was born, she was the most beautiful girl that we have. She was energetic and smart and everyone in our house was joyful whenever she was around and I thought that cautions from my previous sickness was a joke.

She's been a healthy child because she didn't got sick, but when she reached 6 months old our Pediatrician noticed that she has a murmur on her heart while examining her on her monthly check up. The doctor told me to have a second opinion from a Pedia-Cardiologist regarding to her assumption, and we found out that she has a Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). We also observed that she never looked at us whenever we called her name, and through hearing tests we also found out that she has a profound hearing loss.

After all those results I was saddened that my daughter won't live a normal life, that she couldn't be like other normal kids because of her condition. I have so many worries and I'm afraid that she'll be treated unfairly by other people who didn't understand her situation. But still I don't lose hope. I believed that someday she'll be like others. I told myself that her condition will be corrected someday. Daddy and I will do everything to make it happen. I know that God didn't gave this test on us that we can't handle. I know that we'll have a solution to our problems. In God's grace..