ABORTION...TO....ADOPTION

I am not going to pretend to understand what a parent with a special child feels....I will never do that, nor do I plan to lecture them on what to do...I am just here to tell you a story....
More than 10 years ago when I was just starting with my medical practice and before my first clinic was burned down...I would often be called to make a special house call to a very special patient....her name was "Angel". She was an angel to the family she lived with.
When Angel's mother was pregnant with Angel, a neighbor, a couple, knowing how difficult it had become for Angel's parents, to raise their children, for they had so many...offered to adopt Angel. Her parents agreed. So it was a done deal.
When the baby came out...she had "hydrocephalus" or she had fluid inside her head...no exact treatment was advised except the usual shunts and a promise of possible surgery when she's older. The neighbors, or the couple, who promised to adopt her....fulfilled their promise and adopted her...and they named her Angel.

When I first met Angel, she was almost 2 years old, she could not turn her head anymore as it was had grown as big as a watermelon, she couldn't see, because there was a mass on her nose that was pulling her eyes to the middle. But Angel, every time I saw her, had a smile on her face. I was called in for the minor problems like cough, colds, abdominal pains.
What was so wonderful about this couple who adopted her, was that they never treated her as a burden or "pabigat"...they were poor, they lived in a very small house, near shanties, but they endeavored to get an air-condition for Angel and the father had to work double time. I would speak to them about Angel and her future...and they would tell me, that they had spoken to the experts and were informed of her life expectancy....but they said they didn't care, they would cherish every moment they spend with Angel...and that not even for a single moment, did they ever regret adopting Angel....They said she was heaven sent and that she had filled their house and their hearts with love.

I would always leave their house teary-eyed as I had grown very fond of Angel, I felt so sad for the couple because I knew they would lose Angel.....but I was also thankful to have met people like them...
Angel, who always had a smile on her face....her smiles made me smile as well.
Her parents who are just heroes as far as I'm concerned....2 of the most wonderful people I've ever known...

After the fire, I lost touch with this remarkable family....I pray that God had fulfilled all of their most fervent wishes.

Again...no lectures here....just a remarkable love story!

God bless all of us.