Parents of the baby boy born with half a brain, Jaxon Buell (read here), have revealed they got a lot of hate messages and abuses for not aborting their baby.
According to the Mirror, Jaxon who was born with extreme malformation of the brain and not expected to survive, left doctors dumbfounded after he defied the odds to celebrate his first birthday.
Jaxon’s parents, Brittany and Brandon, had shared his story to show people that the condition will not affect his life, but reactions to the story have left them upset and baffled.
In a post on Facebook, Jaxon’s dad, Brandon, said:
“It’s baffling to hear or see other people’s opinions on our baby that have never met him, that somehow know how he thinks, how he acts, how he feels, how much of what he does is voluntary or involuntary, how he is always in pain, and that we are selfish parents for not choosing to have an abortion.
When we first learned there were concerns for Jax during the pregnancy, we were given the options of carrying him to term or having an abortion because there was the unknown issue. No doctor could tell us exactly what was wrong or what to expect, but we did make sure to ask if Jaxon was in pain or was suffering, and we asked if there were any added risks for Brittany during the pregnancy or potentially at time of delivery.
Since the answer to both questions was ‘no’, we never came close to considering abortion. Yes, we are Christians, and our faith has certainly been vital during this entire journey for our family, but we’re still realists.”
Jaxon’s mum left her job so she could take care of her son and launched a crowd funding page to help offset the medical bills. The family has so far raised an impressive $54,902 of their $70,000 target and are looking forward to getting support to able to celebrate another year with Jaxon.
It’s so brave of them to make this huge decision of keeping him, God will perfect his healing cos He’s the one with the final say.
What is wrong with people this days? They should give them a break please and stop hating.
Is their choice don’t see how is anybody business if they want to help of set d bills good n fine if they don’t want they should mind their business people like sticking their noses in people’s problems
May God perfect all that concerns baby Jaxon
People will always talk whether good or bad
People will always talk, you can’t stop them…Wish him perfect recovery
This is crazy……how can they even suggest that? Did she tell them she can’t take care of her?
May God perfect all that concern them and their son.
People though
That is their own cup of tea
na normal thing naa
Their choice . It’s should be respected
your son has a better future who knows who he will b tomorrow.no1 except God.its great indeed dat he wasnt aborted.God bless u.whatever u do pple will talk.some human beings are so cruel.
Awwweee.
It’s so brave of them to make this huge decision of keeping him, God will perfect his healing cos He’s the one with the final say.
What is wrong with people this days? They should give them a break please and stop hating.
Is their choice don’t see how is anybody business if they want to help of set d bills good n fine if they don’t want they should mind their business people like sticking their noses in people’s problems
May God perfect all that concerns baby Jaxon
People will always talk whether good or bad
People will always talk, you can’t stop them…Wish him perfect recovery
This is crazy……how can they even suggest that? Did she tell them she can’t take care of her?
May God perfect all that concern them and their son.
People though
That is their own cup of tea
na normal thing naa
Their choice . It’s should be respected
your son has a better future who knows who he will b tomorrow.no1 except God.its great indeed dat he wasnt aborted.God bless u.whatever u do pple will talk.some human beings are so cruel.
May God heal him