{"id":125464,"date":"2016-09-06T09:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T13:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=125464"},"modified":"2016-09-05T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T20:23:24","slug":"father-shares-touching-video-tribute-son-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/father-shares-touching-video-tribute-son-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Father shares touching video tribute to son with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five years after the birth of his son Arlo, a father has paid tribute to his son through a video released on World Down Syndrome Day. The video features special moments from before Arlo’s birth right up to riding the bus for school. The father shares the emotions he felt when his son was diagnosed and how he feels today.<\/p>\n

“So I think the most difficult part of that time was the uncertainty,” says his father, reflecting on Arlo’s birth and diagnosis.\u00a0Five years earlier he had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of his son via C-section and he had a camera with him to capture those precious moments.<\/p>\n

“It’s all going to go okay,” he tells his son in the video while prepping to head into the operating room. “Ha. I’m a little nervous. Actually, I’m a lot nervous.”<\/p>\n

Shortly after his birth, Arlo’s parents discovered that Arlo had an infection and was struggling to breathe. They also learned that their new baby had Down syndrome. They were shocked.<\/p>\n