Through A Mother's Eyes

By Nicole Washington

When you think of motherhood, you dream of your child's first steps and the first day of kindergarten, high school, and college. For me, I wanted to dress my three sons alike and watch them play sports together, and I wanted them to have a strong brotherhood. What I never saw coming was constant doctor visits, surgery, my poor child being put to sleep, the whispers, and the stares. Those damn stares from total strangers were the worst. This book is about to take you on a hell of a ride: my son's battle with autism and my denial, sadness, anger, and, finally, acceptance. My fear of the unknown--that is, raising a child with autism--and watching it all come together through a mother's eyes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798890618559

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Introduction

D'Anthony's Birth

Baby

Tantrums

Hearing Test

School District

Autism

Why Me?

Early Intervention

Food

Food

Third Grade

Dangerous Behavior

Staring

Music

Dee and Rap

D'Anthony

His New Behavior

D'Anthony's Job

Dee

Dee's Treatment Starts

Save The Best For Last

My Poem to My Baby

Dear Nephew

Dad's Poem

About the Author

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Through A Mother's Eyes

Nicole Washington

Copyright © 2024 Nicole Washington

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2024

ISBN 979-8-89061-854-2 (Paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89061-855-9 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I want to thank God . Without Him, all this would not be possible.

I want to thank my beautiful sister, who inspired me to finish my book. Thank you for believing in my vision.

I want to thank a very special angel, Diana Carrier, who reminded me to follow my dreams. Continue to rest in peace.

My love, Anthony Short Jr., thank you for never leaving D'Anthony's side. You are a great example of what a father should be.

A huge thank-you to my support team; none of this would've been possible without you.

I want to thank my mother for making me fall in love with books and my brother Jerry Washington for helping with my cover page and being super supportive.

Introduction

When you think of motherhood, you dream of your child's first steps and the first day of kindergarten, high school, and college. For me, I wanted to dress my three sons alike and watch them play sports together, and I wanted them to have a strong brotherhood. What I never saw coming was constant doctor visits, surgery, my poor child being put to sleep, the whispers, and the stares. Those damn stares from total strangers were the worst. This book is about to take you on a hell of a ride: my son's battle with autism and my denial, sadness, anger, and, finally, acceptance. My fear of the unknown—that is, raising a child with autism—and watching it all come together through a mother's eyes.

D'Anthony's Birth

D'Anthony Shawndell Short, affectionately known as King Dee, was born on September 4, 1996. He weighed five pounds and zero ounces. His low birth weight was due to many complications I faced, and I gave birth two months early. I became very sick, and they induced labor early. He was baby number three. I had two pretty normal pregnancies with my oldest two sons, but with D'Anthony, I had a very difficult pregnancy. I developed something called preeclampsia that eventually turned into eclampsia. Preeclampsia is caused by high blood pressure and is very dangerous. Shortly after, I developed eclampsia, a condition caused by preeclampsia and protein in the urine. I was put on seizure medicine. The doctors called in specialists because my blood pressure was