Father portrays the fears and love of the daughter with Trisomi 21

Oh French writer Fabian Toulme He started with an autobiographical book on the comic band, revised on the 27th in Portugal, in which he explained the frustrations, fears and love for the daughter of Trisomi 21.

With the wing seal, “I have been exposed to Eyes”, which declares love by Fabian Toulm to daughter Julia, was born in 2009 The tuberculosis of the nails.

In more than 200 pages, the author does not soften or hide the family fight, but above all, to understand and learn how to deal with a newborn with a genetic change that is not diagnosed in pregnancy.

Written in the first person, the book tells them with fear that Patricia, Fabian’s wife’s second pregnancy and any deformity in the fetus are found. Months later, fears are confirmed when Julia is born and suffers from down syndrome.

In the book, Fabian Toulme gets angry for not facing the situation:

“Anger over me, against Patricia, against Patricia – perhaps all of this is her wrong – against Julia, I am not expected … (…) Anger over the maternity parents, and they have returned to an unborn child.”

Throughout the narrative, and the daughter’s growth months, the author designed The second daughter accepted her own bias about the ability to be a father and “normal” or “disabled”.

The title of the book represents a moment in the story The Fabian Toulme appealed to Julia in the tank and “I am not exposed to … but I’m glad to come.”