Bringing Nora Home
Even before Nora Chesnut was born, her parents knew there was something wrong. Emily Chesnut was carrying twins, and at her 20-week ultrasound, doctors discovered one twin had a heart defect.
The Chesnuts learned to deal with that. It was fixable. But at birth, they learned something else: Nora, the twin who had the heart defect, also had Down syndrome.
Katie, the other twin, had no complications.
"Getting the diagnosis of a child with Down syndrome is life-changing," Emily Chesnut says.
In some ways, it has been a blessing. It has changed her perspective on life, parenthood and what it means to be a family.
