This was a very hard time in my life but i truly believe that thanks to this experience i have the heart that i have. I also saw a lot of tears and heartache, being that my brother was in the pediatric intensive care unit id see kids and babies dying and families crying from their loss almost everyday. I started getting used to being around the hospital setting, I knew all the hospital floors like the back of my hand, i made friends with the kids that were sick or recently had surgery. I vividly remember going to the hospital everyday after school and just sitting doing homework or coloring in his room while my parents would come in and out of the room to speak with all the doctors and specialist that would be working with my brother. It was so heartbreaking to see the little baby we wished so much for in pain and suffering with cuts, wires and tubes all over him. At only a few months old my brother had to go through open heart surgery and a few weeks after that he would have a pace maker put inside of him to make his heart beat. When he was finally born they told us my new baby brother had a hole in his heart as well as other heart issues. I can’t lie and say it was easy because although i was only 8 years old when he was born i felt so much pressure to be the best sister i could be. Of course regardless of the diagnosis we knew this was not even an option so all we could do was wait until he was born to see what our new life with a special needs baby would be like. We didn’t know much about this but the doctors told us all the worst case scenarios and on top of that they told us that since a child like that would be more of a burden they were able to give my mom the option of an abortion. We soon got the news that my brother on the way was going to be born with down syndrome. Little did we know that this was going to change our family for the rest of our lives. I finally got the news a few years after that I’d finally become just that. I wanted more than anything to be a big sister. When I was 6 I asked my parents for a little brother. I was always helping at home, my family attended church regularly, and I practically raised my two younger siblings. We’re complete cheeseballs and so we love asking folks to share the most heartwarming moment from their career – do you have a touching moment you can share with us?Īs a child, I grew up with very strict parents. It does not store any personal data.We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Sheyla Chavez Mendoza a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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