Rick Santorum Daughter Hospitalized: GOP Candidate Cancels Events In Florida

[Botany]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum canceled his
Sunday morning campaign events and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter.

"Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
this evening," spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Saturday night, adding "Rick intends
to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible."

Santorum had been scheduled to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" and attend church in Miami.
Officials did not cancel Sunday's afternoon events in Sarasota and Punta Gorda.

Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an
extra 18th chromosome. When asked about her, Santorum says his daughter was not expected to
survive until her first birthday and often has to catch himself to stop from tears.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/28/rick-santorum-daughter-hospitalized_n_1239502.html


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I wish the Isabella and her family well this can not be easy on any of them.

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Expectations (prognosis)

Half of infants with this condition do not survive beyond the first week of life. Some
children have survived to the teenage years, but with serious medical and developmental
problems.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002626/#adam_001661.disease.prognosis

[Richardo]

1. My hopes for strength to her and the entire Santorum family.

[Patrick_Bateman]

2. Get better soon Bella.

We libs are happy you and your family have great health care!

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Much sympathy and hope here. n/t

[pecwae]

5. Wishing strength for the Santorum family.nt

[tomg]

6. Peace and sympathy to the

Santorum family.

[OKNancy]

7. So sad. I wish their family

all the best and hope she can pull though this.

[Quantess]

8. Tragic. Poor baby.

Here is a link to an unusually long-lived baby with trisomy 18. http://prenatalpartnersforlife.org/Stories/StoriesTrisomy18_Rose.htm

[Logical]

9. Santorum knows this is happening to 1000s of familys daily with no health care....

and does not give a shit about them.

I feed bad for the children and maybe it will give Santorum some compassion for others in the same situation with no money.

[Quantess]

11. Agreed. Can you imagine how much the medical bills run

for an especially long-lived child with trisomy 18?
I guess if the family has no insurance the baby will just die a little sooner...

[pintobean]

12. Bad timing and placement.

[Quantess]

15. Is it? I disagree.

I think it's a very salient point, no matter how much despair the Santorum family is in.

[Logical]

16. Disagree. You are so naive to think tens of thousands of family's are not going through....

this TODAY and where are the posts about them? Have you made one about them today? Or you need to be a presidential candidate on the DU to get attention?

I feel bad for the child. Hope the child survives.

But Santorum needs some empathy for others in his shoes.

If you need a list of Santorum beliefs about Gays, Health Care, Etc, let me know.

[Wait Wut]

10. This is so sad.

I could never imagine what it would be like to be in this situation. I wish the Santorum's the best.

Heartbreaking.

[alphafemale]

13. awww. Poor baby. I wish them the best.

[lonestarnot]

14. Poor little girl.

[etherealtruth]

17. Wishing peace and comfort to this child

[LibertyLover]

18. I do not agree with Rick Santorum's political views in any way

but I do wish him and his family well. This is a horrible condition for any child to have and for a family to deal with.

[hayrow1]

19. Now, lets be honest.....

Attaching any sort of decency or humanity to Rick Santorum is a mistake. He is going to get his clock cleaned in Florida, probably getting far fewer votes than Ron Paul, and will use his daughters illness as an excuse. Together with all liberals, I hope his daughter survives and has a good life, however, don't make the mistake for one instant, believing that Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign or doing anything to quash his ambitions, for the sake of his gravely ill daughter.

[cthulu2016]

20. Is it your contention that she is not hospitalized

or that the hospitalization is a stunt?

[hayrow1]

21. I am certain that Santorum's daughter is gravely ill

I am certain that is not why Santorum suspended his campaign in Florida.

[pintobean]

22. You must know the man personally

and be very close to him and his family, to be certain of any such things.

[rocktivity]

23. According this ABC News report, she has double pneumonia

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/bella-santorum-hospitalized-because-of-pneumonia/

The report also says she's not on a ventilator, which is good news. But it also says that she was transported to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from her home in Virginia,which isn't -- I would think that the nearest hospital would do.


rocktivity

[redqueen]

24. Well if it's an emergency the nearest is good...

but if you can afford to get the best care, then it makes sense to travel to wherever that is.

The poor girl, I hope she feels better soon.

[TwilightGardener]

25. It sounds like she took a turn for the worse. Sad news--hope she recovers quickly and goes home.