For Dave and Jane Daulton, life was good, they had 5 healthy children and they were expecting the sixth, but they were happy. During pregnancy, Jane and Dave learned that their last child would be born with Down Syndrome. The parents were shocked, and they did not know what this would mean for them and their family, but they quickly decided to make the most of this situation. They did not know what their life would look like in the future, but they knew that they would always be there for their children.
Life was not always easy, but the two loved Tommy as much as they loved the other children. Then, not long after Tommy was born, the family went through a great tragedy. Brian, their 4-year-old child, needed heart surgery and had an allergic reaction to anesthesia during it, went into a coma, and died after 3 days.
The family was devastated and it took them a long time to return to normal. But the years passed and something kept happening for several nights in a row. Jane had the same dream. She saw a child with Down syndrome and felt that she needed help. After dreaming the same dream for the third night in a row, she knew she had to do something.
The next day, Jane and Dave called an adoption agency. The first time they were told they would have a long wait, but that same evening they received a phone call. A family had changed their minds and wondered if they wanted to take the child. The two were incredibly happy.
Ben was only a few weeks old when Jane and Dave took him, he was born, like Tommy, with Down Syndrome. Everyone in the family fell in love with him, and even when they were told that Ben had heart problems, they were not discouraged. They adopted him despite the loss, their second son had died a few years ago.
Jane and Dave loved caring for Down Syndrome cause so much that they continued to adopt. This is how they found out that in Ukraine parents forced their children suffering from this disease to live in orphanages all their lives.
They currently have 15 children, 12 of whom have Down Syndrome.