Q&A: should down syndrom baby having cynotic heart disease & bilateral cataract & deafness go for his heart surgery
Posted by: in cataract treatment, tags: Baby, bilateral, Cataract, cynotic, deafness, disease, down, Having, heart, Should, Surgery, syndromQuestion by drsndpngm: should down syndrom baby having cynotic heart disease & bilateral cataract & deafness go for his heart surgery
Down syndrome babies are mentally retarded.There musclar tone is low
These baby are dependent on others through tere life.When also having defness & catarct there life become difficult
I am not talking only about down syndrome baby ,I am talking about baby with deafness.&cataract..Cataract will hamper her vision deafness her hearing .Please think with all the defects
Her cataract he\as been operated Doctor gave gaurded opinion about cataract.Hearing AID has been advised but due but baby is not able to use due to small ear
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Answer by medrecgal1973
Yes…because if he doesn’t have the heart surgery, he will surely die far sooner than he would otherwise. Perhaps the cataracts could also be corrected surgically (don’t know, that depends on other factors). Deafness also comes in degrees…most people have at least some residual hearing that can be used to benefit from hearing aids or cochlear implants. It doesn’t matter that he’s mentally retarded; that doesn’t usually diminish the quality of life unless it’s very severe. (And the level of mental retardation varies in Downs…it is always present, but some are more affected than others.) IMHO, you shouldn’t deny a baby the chance at life because he or she has disabilities. Of course, some people would disagree with that, but my opinion is based upon much personal experience. Let’s just say that if it had been left up to the “experts”, I wouldn’t be here to write this answer.
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