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Ever feel like you re running on a hamster wheel, using huge amounts of energy, but going nowhere? We used to feel this way with our middle son Ryan, 8, who was born with an extra copy of chromosome 21: Down syndrome.
For the first six years of his life, Ryan s health was tenuous. He had one acute infection after another. He was lethargic and sick. We were constantly trying to triage pneumonia, eye and ear infections, an extremely low white blood count, horrible kidney and liver function, poor absorption of vitamins and minerals, chronic constipation, one surgery after another, and more. He essentially could not participate in life.