You know, I read this sort of thing and I look at my own three healthy kids,
and I just weep.  How do you have the strength, Deborah?

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Hello there, some of you may know me from some of the other list groups. =
 My name is Deborah and I have 4 kids.  The oldest is Vicktor and will =
be 8 on the 21st. He has been dxed with severe ADHD, multiple =
LDS(including both types of language disorders,reading and writing =
disorders as well), developmental delays, and possible PDD-NOS.  Then =
comes Gabriel age 5, he is very bright(almost genius I think)but is =
having a hard time with oposional issues with some articulation =
problems.  Then you have Cassandra age 3 and the only girl.  She too is =
very bright and is advanced in all ways for her age.  Then the child I =
most write about is=20
my youngest, Zachary age 20 months.  He was born 1 month premature and =
started having problems at age 4 months when he came down with =
pneumonia.  Since then he has been dxed with microcephaly, an =
Arnold-Chairi Malformation, Global delays, non-verbal(due to lack of =
muscle strength),hypotonia, and possible thyroid and liver dysfunction. =
Oh yeah he also is severely allergic to most things outdoors and our dog =
and suffers from chronic sinusitis.
If you want to talk please email me, I would love to hear from you.
God Bless you all.
Deborah mom of 4