Christian Buchanan is a two year old baby boy who was born
on February 18, 2011. He was born with a tessier cleft lip and palate; his eyes
were also clefted. At birth Christian couldn’t even close his mouth, and he was
blind. This rare condition is only 1 in 50 in the world, and at only 4 days old
Christian underwent surgery, which was followed by 4 weeks in intensive care.
When Christian was finally able to be taken home by his parents, things were
difficult. People treated Christian differently, when taken out in public
people would stare and whisper, some parents would even ask Christians mother
and father what was wrong with their child? The Saddest thing of all is that
Christians mother was called a horrible person for not aborting her baby.
The treatment of this child, and his family is absolutely tragic!
He was born a beautiful baby boy with an appearance that could be described
only as different. That does not make it wrong, or gruesome, or worthy of
rejection by society. Christian was born with a physical impairment that couldn’t
have been prevented by anyone, and certainly was not his own fault. The mother
was right and should be proud of her decision to bring Christian into the
world, and it lifts my spirits to hear that he is a happy healthy growing baby
boy, who has made plenty of friends, and has been a huge inspiration to other
people around the world.
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