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I had my first child when I was 20. He was born with a heart defect called transposition of the great arteries. His arteries were not lined up like they were supposed to be so the blood and the oxygen was not mixing correctly. He went through surgery at 10 days old. We were home a month after he was born. We were only home a week when we got a call from chapel hill university saying that my son had a genetic metabolic disorder called Glutaric Acidemia type 1. We were shocked to here that something else was wrong with him and struggled to keep him healthy so he would not get brain dammage. He has a little brain dammage now, from a bad hospital visit. He has been in speech theropy and physical theropy. He is now 3 years old and just needs speech theropy. I also have a 5 month old daughter that is perfectly healthy. Having kids can be a stressful time in some cases like mine. You just have to take it one day at a time.