{"id":225628,"date":"2020-06-16T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=225628"},"modified":"2020-06-17T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T03:09:33","slug":"evelyn-trisomy-18-died-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/evelyn-trisomy-18-died-three\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Jesus made you perfect’: Evelyn, who had Trisomy 18, has died after three years of love and life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Hannah Sudlow was pregnant with her first child, Evelyn, a doctor scheduled an abortion<\/a> without her consent after Evelyn was diagnosed with Trisomy 18. Considered “incompatible with life,” the diagnosis of Trisomy 18 scares a lot<\/a> of parents into abortion, but Sudlow and her husband Craig refused to give in. Instead, they welcomed their daughter for exactly who she was and accepted her and her medical needs with unconditional love.<\/p>\n

Evelyn passed away in March after three and a half years of life outside the womb. She left behind her heartbroken parents and her two younger siblings, but she also left behind a lesson and a legacy for the rest of us: all children should be welcomed, celebrated, loved, and accepted for exactly who they are.<\/p>\n

Sudlow said that while she was pregnant, the doctor told them, “Basically everything is wrong with this child. She has cysts on her brain. She is four weeks behind on her growth. She has intrauterine growth restriction, a hypo-plastic left ventricle, a single ventricle heart. She is missing half her heart. She has a cleft palate, clenched fists, and oh, by the way, two clubbed feet.”\u00a0When it was discovered that Evelyn had Trisomy 18, the doctor at Maternal Fetal Health informed her that a doctor from her OB\/GYN office had informed him that Sudlow would be terminating the pregnancy and that he had already scheduled the abortion appointment.<\/p>\n

Sudlow was shocked and said she would not<\/em> be having an abortion. Her OB\/GYN then refused to provide her with further treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018You can\u2019t keep her. I don\u2019t think you know how serious this is,’\u201d said Sudlow.<\/p>\n

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So enamored with this little angel. You are our dream come true, Evelyn Grace! God has done a beautiful work, that our souls know very well. #prayersforEvelyn #trisomy18 #miraclebaby #compatiblewithlife ???\u2764\ufe0f?<\/a><\/p>\n

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