Enjoying Sabrina

Dear Friends,

  Here is a picture of our precious daughter, Sabrina Joy. She has Down syndrome and was one of the first babies placed through CHASK. Some of you may remember us from a past issue in the NATHHAN NEWS or in the update letter that CHASK sends out to its families.

  She is now 19 months old.  She weighs a little over 22 pounds and is 26 inches long.  She is tube fed still and does very well on our goat milk.  I also tube feed her carrot juice and some baby food.  We are working with a therapist to help her feeding problems.  She had surgery in October to remove her adenoids which were blocking her breathing by almost 100 % we were told.  She also has problems with reflux.

  Sabrina belly crawls or rolls where she wants to go.  She does not get up on all fours to crawl yet.  She says da-da and some other sounds.  She has just learned to sit up.  She loves music and any paper she can get into.  While we do school at home, she likes to empty the book shelf with the encyclopedias on it.  A book worm in the making!

  Nathaniel our oldest son (15) and Sabrina are best of buddy’s.  He really looks out for her.  It has been good for him.  It’s like they have things in common.  Rebekah  (14) loves to baby-sit her sister.  She tries to teach her new things.  Wendel (11) plays with her and tells her how beautiful she is.  They all include her in their board games, even though she doesn’t know what is going on.  They even have her winning the game!

 We are really enjoying our daughter.

 Mark and Wendy  Carper and Family

 Greenville, PA.