We put a lot of faith in doctors and medical science these days. When they tell us we have something wrong with us, we generally believe them.
But praise be to God in Heaven that this Australian mother and her husband decided they were going to ignore doctors who had advised them to have an abortion because their baby would have Trisomy 18. They decided to give life to their little girl, even if it meant that life would only be for an hour.
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Here’s more from the Daily Mail:
A mother told to abort her unborn daughter because she tested positive for a rare, deadly condition gave birth to a healthy ‘miracle’ baby.
Yvette Ozkavak became pregnant at 45 after many years of trying, but her elation soon turned to horror when two sets of test results came back.
She and her husband Mali were told their baby had Trisomy 18, or Edwards Syndrome, that caused developmental delays from an extra chromosome.
‘Here you are at 45, finally pregnant naturally, and everything collapses,’ she told Seven News.
The couple wrestled with being told they should terminate the pregnancy but decided to see it through after it appeared to be developing well on ultrasounds.
‘Even if she’s sick, if she only has one hour, we wanted her to have love for that one hour,’ Ms Ozkavak said, as she was told the condition was fatal.
To their shock and joy, baby Ella was born completely healthy as both sets of tests were wrong – she didn’t have Trisomy 18.
Ella is now like any 10-month-old girl, taking tentative steps and playing with a playset while her beaming parents watch on.
Ms Ozkavak said she was very angry for a long time about being put through an emotional ordeal based on an incorrect diagnosis.
She advised parents to: ‘Question it, research it, believe in yourself.’
Absolutely. These doctors were wrong and if this couple had taken their advice, little Ella wouldn’t be alive today.
If you recall, this is the same disease that Rick Santorum’s little girl Bella had and she turned 7 in 2015. I haven’t heard much about her since, but I would assume she’s still defying the odds.
All of this is just more proof that abortion is not the answer, even when a child is expected to have a rare disease. Only God can create life and it’s not for us to decide that an innocent and vulnerable life isn’t worth living.