tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909433475631627375.post4810771158128339687..comments2024-02-19T23:46:56.181-05:00Comments on Life as a Leach: My Daughter is One in a Billion...Literally!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004724438756137490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909433475631627375.post-74164681808144259772013-03-03T18:44:54.475-05:002013-03-03T18:44:54.475-05:00Julie....
All caught up!! For now, at least!! ;-D
...Julie....<br />All caught up!! For now, at least!! ;-D<br />Does CCMS affect one out of a billion babies? Seriously....? I was born with three birth defects. Craniosynostosis. {No soft spot}. A Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. {A hole in my diaphragm}. And, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. {A rapid, irregular heartbeat}. Though neither are considered diseases, one out of every 2,000 live births are affected by craniosynostosis. This neurological birth defect mostly occurs in male babies. One out of every 2,500 live births are affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. In fact. Approximately 1,600 babies are born each year with CDH. And lastly. One to three in 1,000 people worldwide are affected by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. All three birth defects were surgically repaired. Does this qualify me as being "rare", too? Just wondering.... ;)<br />--Raelyn <br /><br />Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005199691237610718noreply@blogger.com