My Child

I would like to tell you how good God is even when you are down. I have a daughter that has Turner Syndrome; this is the opposite of Down Syndrome. She is missing part of a chromosome, which causes her to have things wrong with her.  God was so good because she could have been missing a whole chromosome and that would have made things worse. The way we found out about this condition was our insurance changed and we had to get a new doctor.  The new doctor asked a lot of questions about her because she was so tiny for her age, and she was not growing like a normal child. She was about 7 or 8 when we found out that she had this condition.  Her size made her look like a child that was five years old.  My daughter went through many tests to see how severe the condition was. She and I went through this alone because her dad could not accept that anything was wrong with her. He did not have the Lord at that time.  Even knowing God I felt that I was the cause of the things wrong with my daughter.  I was the one that carried her and I was sure that I had done something to make her have this condition.  The reason that I felt this way was because at the time I was having a hard time in my marriage and I was upset most of the time during my pregnancy.  I had two other children and did not know what was going to happen with my marriage and how I would take care of another child.  We were also having financial problems.

After all the tests came back, the doctor talked to me about what could have been wrong with her and what was wrong with her (she could have had heart, kidney, female organs, height and many other problems).   I had a hard time hearing that something was wrong with my child and hearing about the things she would have to go through.  I could only think of what I had done to my child.  But God was so good to me during this time.  I have a friend where he and his wife are both nurses.  They helped me understand about my child's condition and they also taught us how to give her the growth shots that she had to take.  After talking with my friends, I understood that I had done nothing to cause what had happened to my daughter.  God always sends help in times of trouble. My friends were that help.

Today my daughter is seventeen years old and the doctors are amazed at how she has done.  She is and A-B student and in the WHO'S WHO'S of American Teens.  Most of the children with Turner Syndrome are slow in learning.  She reached over five foot in height when the doctor said that she would not reach five foot. God has and is still doing a lot in her life.

When you are going through things in your life, remember God is always doing things to help you.  You will never go through it alone, even if you think you are alone. I am still trusting God for things to happen in her life and I believe they will happen when it is time.  God is never late he is always on time. God is so good even when you are down.

Debbie Thompson