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    A Spina Bifida Site 
(Since January 1996)
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Intro:
We are Patrick and Susete Callahan we have been happily married for 16.5 yrs. We are proud parents of two beautiful boys, Shane Eric, is our youngest (with asthma, food allergies and speech delay) and Andrew James, our oldest son was born October 30th 1995 at Brigham's Hospital in Boston Ma with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. We live in a small town in Massachusetts and have a beautiful country home. Patrick works as an Engineer. I am a full time mom, but I work at home as a web designer and sell AVON also.  I am of Portuguese decent and Patrick is of Irish decent. We are originally from Plymouth Mass and our families are still living there. We visit them as often as we can which sometimes is difficult. 

Let me tell you a bit about why this page was developed.

Did you know: that all women capable of becoming pregnant are at risk of having a child born with Spina Bifida/Neural Tube Defect? We didn't!
Did you know: that 90-95 percent of babies being born with Spina Bifida (SB), are born to parents with no family history of SB? Just like with us, no family history on either side!
Did you know: that SB occurs very early in pregnancy? It occurs, about 22 days/3 weeks after conception, before most women even know that they are pregnant? We didn't know any of this either, until it happened to us! 

This is why we feel very strong about the need to help educate others. This web site started out with just a few simple pages, so that our family and friends could come and learn more about Spina Bifida and see pictures of our son.  This site has grown so much since then, today this site is for anyone who is interested in Spina Bifida.

I welcome everyone to read how we live our life --caring for our son, Andrew.  In the next few pages you will find the story of my pregnancy, the birth of our son, and see photos of him still in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -N.I.C.U. Plus you can see recent pictures of Andrew from our on-line photo album, and read a monthly update on his progress. There are many, cool links to visit to other Spina Bifida related sites. There also, is information on how to join the e-mail parents support groups that we belong too.

Please check out the Web Rings that we belong to, all are about special needs.

We hope you enjoy your stay!

Oh, and one last thing before you go looking around.....
*Please* sign our guestbook, and let us know you have stopped by our site.  
You may leave info about your child, so that other parents can get in touch with you but do not leave your phone number.

 

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