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		<title>It’s Past Midnight!  Today is Levi’s First Birthday!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 06:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSo today I took Jayden and Levi to the Zoo with my friend Jen, her beautiful baby boy Austin and she got to bring the beautiful little boy she nannies.  The six of us had a blast.  But it wasn&#8217;t just a normal trip to the Zoo for me.  Tomorrow Levi will be 1 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance! Dance!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSo being in the community I have met some really fantastic people.  This week I wanted to tell you about Delayna Skadorwa.  She runs a Zumba class that is free for individuals with disabilities!   It has so many positive effects in people&#8217;s lives that I wanted to share it with everyone.  She is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Hello Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetHello! I&#8217;m sorry I haven&#8217;t been keeping up on this!  I really have so much to share with you guys.  I&#8217;ve learned sooooooo much lately in my journey to Discover Down Syndrome. Every September the Mile High Down Syndrome Association has a fund raising walk.  I have never participated in a walk for a cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Journal Paper Argues For Killing Unwanted Babies AFTER Birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet&#160; I am literally sick to my stomach after reading this: J Med Ethics doi:10.1136/medethics-2011-100411 Law, ethics and medicine Paper After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? by: Alberto Giubilini &#38; Francesca Minerva Please feel free to email your thoughts to both authors to here: francesca.minerva@unimelb.edu.au This is what I emailed.  Feel free to just copy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Help!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetPlease read &#38; pass this!!! This happened 5 days ago so it&#8217;s not an internet rumor. This child is being denied a transplant because she is &#8220;mentally retarded&#8221; so the Dr&#8217;s feel she should not be given the chance to live. Here is the story: http://www.wolfhirschhorn.org/2012/01/amelia/brick-walls/ Here is the petition to help her: http://www.change.org/petitions/executive-vice-president-and-chief-development-officer-allow-the-kidney-transplant-amelia-rivera-needs-to-survive Edit: I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swallow Study Success!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://discoveringdowns.com/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetLevi&#8217;s swallow study went splendidly! He showed no risk of aspiration (getting food in his lungs)! His primary care physician has had me all freaked out because he&#8217;s in the 0-1% in weight on a typical child scale. But at Children&#8217;s Hospital they told me that, on a scale for children with Down Syndrome, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swallow Study Today!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://discoveringdowns.com/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetOk so I&#8217;m sorry that I completely stopped updating here!! I was putting too much time into each post so whenever I was busy I just didn&#8217;t think there was enough time to update. This one will be super quick and then I&#8217;ll add another later to fill in the blanks. I think it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Me Explain Something…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetOk, I would like to just clarify something really fast. Especially for all those new to the diagnosis of Down Syndrome. I post in forums, &#8220;Levi means &#8216;Joined together in Harmony&#8217; according to one source we found. The moment the geneticist told us that our coming baby boy had Down Syndrome she said, &#8216;He has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetTime for the first entry of the new chapter of our lives! Levi has been home for over a month now and we are all adjusting well.  The biggest thing he is still struggling with is weight gain.  For four weeks he only gained 4 oz.  I think at this age they are supposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nutshell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSo tomorrow Levi will have been home for three weeks now! Here&#8217;s a summary of everything that went down for the last few weeks in a nutshell: After the last surgery the Dr. said she was 50/50 on whether or not she even fixed the problem, but as time went on he seemed to be [...]]]></description>
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