Nino was born in September 1998. Pregnancy and birth were without issues. At birth he had jaundice as did the other 3 babies in our ward. We stayed 4 days until he was fit and well to go home. Over the next few months Nino struggled with severe reflux and eventually around 5 months he was admitted into hospital for investigation & observation. We stayed 3 days and our miracle cure Gaviscon was found to help keep feeds down. We left hospital and all seemed fine, we had a few adjustments to make, like Nino could only sleep tilted. We just got on with life as first time parents with a beautiful new baby. After 2 weeks we received a letter from Consultant to meet at the hospital for check up. We went into the meeting expecting to be told how well Nino was doing and to be discharged. This was not what happened.... We went into the room, I glanced in the corner of the room to where a nurse was sat, head down & wondered what she was doing there. We sat down and Consultant explained that during the stay in hospital several doctors who examined Nino had recorded concerns in their reports, concerns that were investigated with the bloods they had taken prior to our discharge. No-one at that time told us that's why they were taking bloods, we just presumed it was routine. He then hit us with, "Im sorry to tell you that it is unlikely that Nino will ever get a normal job as he has Down Syndrome" I can't tell you what he said for the next 5 mins or so as I was in complete shock at what he had just said....I faintly heard "its your decision" and I suddenly clicked that the nurse was there just in case we decided to leave our son at the hospital due to the information we had just been given.