'We didn't want a child who wasn't going to do things that normal children do': Couple say they would not have gone through with pregnancy if they had known the pain their disabled son has to endure
-Dylan, five, was born with a condition that causes acute breathing difficulties
-He has a permanent tracheostomy, slurred speech and a deformed right arm
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His parents Iain and Jill Kelly said they regret not having him aborted
-They said he suffers constant stress and has endured endless operations
-Forced to leave their jobs, they are now bankrupt and have lost their home
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We made it clear to the doctors that we didn't want a child who wasn't going to be able to ride a bike and do things that normal children do,'
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It is a scene of domestic mayhem you might see at any family home in middle England. With the school day over, five-year-old Dylan can't wait to chase his little sister Mia through their Victorian terraced family home. As the children shriek uproariously, their parents, Jill and Iain Kelly, laugh indulgently at their antics.
Yet behind the laughter and the smiles lies a heartbreaking confession. For the truth is that had Jill and Iain understood how desperately ill their little boy would be, they would have opted for a course of action that many still find unthinkable. They would have terminated the pregnancy.
'I love my son. He's changed our lives,' Jill says. 'But if I'd known everything that Dylan would have to go through, and will have to go through, there's no doubt in my mind that, given the correct information, I would have asked for a termination.
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I get what they're saying, no parent would knowingly choose to bring a child into the world who would suffer for their whole life, but to think he could grow up one day and read his parents didn't want him
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