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global1

(25,237 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:08 PM Apr 2012

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What Was This Most Recent Problem With Santorum's Daughter?......

Why was she hospitalized? How serious is her current condition?

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What Was This Most Recent Problem With Santorum's Daughter?...... (Original Post) global1 Apr 2012 OP

She's terminally ill with a syndrome/disease that most do not survive past a year SoCalDem Apr 2012 #1

She has Trisomy 18 and came down with pneumonia; but according to the K Gardner Apr 2012 #2

It had something to do with her genetic disorder. Geoff R. Casavant Apr 2012 #3

Pneumonia.... ingac70 Apr 2012 #4

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

1. She's terminally ill with a syndrome/disease that most do not survive past a year

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:10 PM

Apr 2012

Poor little girl

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

2. She has Trisomy 18 and came down with pneumonia; but according to the

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Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:10 PM

Apr 2012

press conference today, she is going home and is better (or as better as she can be).

Geoff R. Casavant

(2,381 posts)

3. It had something to do with her genetic disorder.

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Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:11 PM

Apr 2012

I don't recall the specifics, but the symptoms were apparently typical for children afflicted with Trisomy 18.

ingac70

(7,947 posts)

4. Pneumonia....

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Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:11 PM

Apr 2012

and it is very rare for kids with her condition to see their 1st birthday.

http://www.trisomy18.org/site/PageServer?pagename=whatisT18_whatis

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