Both My Newborn Twins Had Down Syndrome, So I Left Them at the Hospital—But Before I Reached My Car, a Nurse Came Running After Me Screaming, “WAIT! WHAT THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT YOUR BABIES ISN’T THE WHOLE TRUTH!”
“What do you mean, it wasn’t the whole truth?” I whispered.
She looked over her shoulder toward the hospital entrance.
“Your husband knew.”
For a moment, I thought I had misheard her.
“Knew what?”
Her expression changed.
“He knew there was a possibility both babies could have Down syndrome before today.”
My stomach dropped.
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“No.”
“He was given the preliminary screening results weeks ago.”
I stared at her.
“That’s impossible. We went to every appointment together.”
“Not every appointment.”
The words hit me harder than anything the doctor had said upstairs.
I remembered one morning when my husband, Brian, told me the clinic had called to reschedule. He had insisted he would handle it because I was exhausted.
