Moorea
was a very planned and long waited baby. I waited for the right
husband, the right frame of mind and a new roof over our heads to get pregnant. The
circumstances were perfect. Moorea was born on November 19, 1998. After detection of a
heart murmur and then scheduled heart surgery, the diagnosis was made: Williams Syndrome.
We were devastated! It has been a year now; we have learned just about all we can
about this genetic fluke and things are OK. I say OK because it is OK. Having a Williams
baby is OK, she isn't exactly what we planned her to be but she is a beautiful little girl
who already has brought many smiles to our faces and has extracted feelings we had no idea
existed. We take one day at a time and gain as much as we can from her. She already has
taught us many lessons of life. Moorea is doing fine and is getting more beautiful each
day!! She smiles and coos, eats and poops, cries and cries. She does behave a bit
different than your typical baby but it's OK .
None of us know what the future holds. All we do know is what we have to deal with
presently. We choose to be as positve as we can each day. Isn't that how we should
all live our lives? The small stuff that we used to get upset over now is "small
stuff."
We want Moorea to have a good, happy, productive life just like any other parent would. It
is going to be.
It's OK that it will be a bit different from the "norm."
Kris and Robert Howson
