My Wife Called My Brother With Down Syndrome “Too Unpredictable” to Be Around Our Baby — What We Found in the Nursery That Night Left Us Speechless

“Oh my God…”
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I rushed toward them, my heart pounding so hard I could barely think.Shop Baby Gear

Then Jamie looked up at me.

His face was completely drained of color.

“Don’t pick her up yet,” he said.

I froze where I stood.

“Jamie… what happened?”

He stared at Sophie, his trembling hands still wrapped around whatever he was holding.
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Then he looked straight at me and whispered two words that made my blood run cold.Shop Nursery Gear

“Call 911.”

I grabbed my phone and called 911, struggling to give the dispatcher our address while watching Jamie kneel beside my daughter.

Then I noticed something I had never seen him do before.

He was talking himself through each movement, quietly and methodically, just as he did whenever he followed a recipe.

“Turn her over. Five hits. Check her mouth.”