When she was born in 1989, Lizzie Velásquez from Austin, Texas, weighed only 2 pounds 11 ounces and her face looked different than the other babies in the maternity ward. Her doctors diagnosed her with ...
We all look different and it’s important to remember that it’s what’s on the inside that counts. But when Tripty Begum and Lavlu Sikder’s son was born in 2012, they quickly realized something wasn’t right. ...
Christina said that all her ultrasounds showed that her baby was developing normally, which is why it came as a shock when Abigail Lynn was born in January 2016. Christina and the doctors instantly noticed ...
Faccebook/KuchBhiHoSaktaHai Charlotte was born with a disease so unusual, it didn’t even have a name. The only thing her parents knew was that she suffered from a rare form of primordial dwarfish, reports the Daily ...
When Bella was little, she was diagnosed with a rare progressive disorder called Morquio’s syndrome. It prevents Bella’s body from breaking down long chains of sugar molecules, and the older Bella becomes, the more debilitating ...
Jaili was two years old when her mom took her to the doctor. Her hair stood up on end and went in all directions. And it also reminded people of the scientist Albert Einstein’s famous ...
Sophie Walker, from Norfolk, England, was born with a rare genetic condition called of neurofibromatosis. The disease is hereditary and her mother also has it. According to the National Organization for Rare Diseases in the ...
© Facebook/Isa-Bella Leclair By the time Isa-Bella Leclair was at university, her right leg weighed 40 pounds (18 kg). Physical activity was virtually impossible. Finding a pair of jeans that fit was out of the ...
© Fox17 News By this time, Cassandra’s skin was covered with painful cracked blisters. Her eyes were swollen shut and she couldn’t walk. Not knowing the cause, Cassandra’s ER doctors treated her like a burn patient. ...
Jody became aware of her illness when she was 12 years old and staying with a friend. Jody fell asleep and didn’t wake up until eight days later. And when she finally did wake up, ...