My baby, Troy, was born with Trisomy 13. He's almost 3 months old now. The doctors had grim reports based on what they knew about the Syndrome and said they did not expect him to live. We had initially agreed to take the test, but then I saw a special needs boy in person and thought to myself... he looks happy! We wouldn't want to do anything about it if it came back positive. So we declined the test. I'm glad that we did because we could have made a terrible mistake. Doctors usually tell the patients that Trisomy 13 is "incompatible with life" and that they will be severely retarded and will probably not live more than a few hours after being born. What I didn't realize, was that the baby can turn out to be healthy and happy.... like ours.