Dumfries family looking forward to a happy future

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A Dumfries baby has her own Instagram page that was started by her mum in a bid to raise awareness of Down Syndrome.Little Indi Gallagher and mum Stacey Kane are doing their bit to show people the “positive” aspects of the condition, and the amazing progress Indi has made since she was born last March.Stacey, 40, said: “There’s still some very outdated views on Down Syndrome and I want to be able to educate people as much as I can on the true realities of it.“Indi’s had a very tough first year but she is still always smiling.“She’s a blessing and I really feel like she was given to me for a reason.”Stacey said she had “no doubts” about going ahead with her pregnancy after blood tests and scans showed her baby had Down Syndrome.Stacey, also mum to 15-year-old daughter Summer, said: “I was determined to have my baby and to go it alone if my partner had decided he couldn’t cope with it.“Fortunately he did, and Indi has us both wrapped around her little finger.“A private scan indicated there was something wrong and we were eventually told there was a one in two chance the baby had Down Syndrome and a one in 90 chance she had Edwards Syndrome or Patau Syndrome.“After more tests, I was eventually told over the phone it was trisomy 21 – they never say Down Syndrome – and that I’d need to make a decision on whether I wanted to go ahead and have the baby.“We didn’t know if Indi would have severe health issues, and we didn’t know what it would entail, but it didn’t scare me.“As soon as she arrived weighing 5lb 11oz, it was scary how much I loved her.”Just days after Indi’s birth on March 29, the tot underwent major surgery lasting five hours for an obstruction in her bowel.Stacey said: “It was horrific.