Our Fighting Irishman

Brendan Malone Kilbride was welcomed into our family on November 6, 2007 at 12:26pm. Brendan has Down Syndrome, also know as Trisomy 21. Bryan and I found out that our unborn baby had Down Syndrome when we had an amnio done in June. From that point on we had ultrasounds scheduled about every month to check for possible signs of Down Syndrome, which included heart defects. After all of these ultrasounds it was determined by 3 technicians and 2 Perinatologists that the baby did not have a heart defect. It wasn't until Brendan was born that we found out that he does indeed have a hole in his heart, or Tetralogy of Fallot. Brendan was then medflighted from Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Since being here Brendan has gotten incredible medical care, and Bryan and I have made a temporary home here, while getting back to Rory in Harker Heights a few days every week. This is quite a trying time for our family, but we are so blessed to have such wonderful families and friends who keep all of us in their prayers.