Monday, January 30, 2012

Trisomy 18

  • Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum put his campaign on hold this weekend after his youngest daughter Bella was hospitalized with pneumonia complications from Trisomy 18, a chromosome abnormality, says MSNBC.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • This weekend, Rick Santorum left the campaign trail to be with his 3-year-old daughter, Isabella, who was hospitalized with pneumonia.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Most people had never heard of Trisomy 18 until Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum started talking on the campaign trail about his 3-year-old daughter, Isabella (Bella), who was born with the genetic disorder.
  • (WBIR)
  • Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is facing some tough challenges both on the campaign trail and at home.
  • (Time)
  • The genetic disorder known as Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards Syndrome, has been brought into the spotlight by presidential candidate Rick Santorum's young daughter Bella, who suffers from it.
  • (GlobalPost)
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  • (International Business Times)
  • Trisomy 18, the genetic disorder that sent  Rick Santorums daughter Bella to the hospital Saturday evening, kills about 90 percent of children before or during birth and those that do live past birth suffer serious symptoms.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • In this June 6, 2011 file photo, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Bella before announcing he is entering the Republican presidential race, on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa.
  • (10Connects.com)
  • For Rick Santorum things were hectic enough with the Republican nomination race but Sunday night added to the difficulty. On Sunday night, Santorum's daughter Bella, a Trisomy 18 patient, has been rushed to hospital.
  • (Daily Gossip)
  • All politics aside, my heart goes out to Rick Santorum and his family. I cant imagine what its like caring for a chronically ill child, particularly one with a condition as severe as Trisomy 18.
  • (The Stir)

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