"This is my story of my angel.. my son, Aydon..."

Everything was going great up until I went to see what the sex of the baby was. We got there and she said "it's a boy" and everything as far as she could tell looked fine so we left there soooo happy. Then I get a phone call a week later. The nurse said the baby's head is too small for his age. I could not believe it...not my baby boy. So I had to start going to Birmingham, Alabama to see what was really going on with Aydon. Guess what, he has Spina Bifida. So there was another heartbreak. So I end up getting a MEO. I get a call 3 days later saying his lungs looked good and to come on in and have him.

Okay so I am having the surgery and they get my son out...I hear nothing at all...I am freaking out. I'm asking everyone why is my son not crying. I get no response. Then the doctor said he is ok he just needed some o2. As soon as I get to the room, my mom, my sister and my son's dad all come around me and said April, the doctors think that Aydon might have CMV. I was clueless to what that meant. I went to see my son as soon as I could feel my feet. There he was. He had blue spots all over his body but he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. He stayed at Chlidrens Hospital for a month and a half.

Now as far as we know, this is what all is wrong with him...CMV, Spina Bifida, deaf in left ear, blind, clubfoot, dislocated hips, cerebral palsy, and fluid on the brain. Now Aydon is almost 10 months old and he is my life. I am a single, 21 year old mother and it's so hard sometimes but all he has to do is laugh and smile and all my tears fade away. It's going to a long, long road but I will be there through it all...he is my angel!!!!! ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT GOD DOES NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU CAN'T HANDLE!!

- Submitted by his mother, April