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I Was Caring For A Patient With Down Syndrome. A Fellow Doctor’s 8-Word Remark Left Me Stunned.
We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.” ...
MLB's Jake and Ashlyn Burger Open Up About Raising Baby with Down Syndrome — and Why They Feel Like the 'Chosen Ones' (Exclusive)
Related: MLB's Jake Burger and Wife Share Reaction to Baby Daughter Penelope's Down Syndrome Diagnosis: 'Biggest Blessing' (Exclusive) "We chose to be public about it because we were really proud of ...
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Gen Z mom’s powerful message is changing how the world sees Down syndrome
Related: Viral Down Syndrome Day ad challenges stereotypes: ‘Assume that I can so maybe I will’ The odds of having a baby with Down syndrome are 1 in 640 live births—yet many parents still encounter ...
Gen Z Woman Shares Important Message After Learning Baby Has Down Syndrome
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...
Ashlyn and Jake Burger discuss joys and challenges of raising child with Down syndrome
Jake Burger is using his platform to share the joys and challenges of raising a baby girl with Down syndrome. The 28-year-old MLB player welcomed his second child with wife Ashlyn Burger on Oct. 25, ...
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Her life was saved by a heart transplant. Many others with Down syndrome don't get the same chance
Many other children with Down syndrome, however, have lost their lives because of not receiving the same opportunity as Woodward. In 2021, Zion Sarmiento, an infant with Down syndrome in Florida ...
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Why this Texas Ranger in Nashville wants to take the fear out of a Down syndrome diagnosis
Jake Burger's first reaction to finding out his baby girl would be born with Down syndrome: "OK, and?" The baby, Penelope, had open heart surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center last month ...
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Down's syndrome
The England Under-21s head coach's son Connor was diagnosed with Down's syndrome as a baby. You Know My Mum, starring 25-year-old Alex, begins a tour at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre on Friday.