Extraordinary Children is a Holly Hapless Brand by Stephen Walker
As a child Stuart Wickison developed Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy a rare, genetic, life-limiting disorder. He is not expected to live beyond his twenties.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or DMD is a genetic condition that only affects boys. They’re born able-bodied and only find out the full prognosis in their teens. DMD is caused by mutations of the gene which produces dystrophin, a protein essential for the healthy development of muscles in the body.
Novemthree Siahaan is a young Indonesian boy developed what has been called a colossal tumour on his face known as Gigantiform Cementoma.
Novemthree’s saviour arrived in the form of Dr. David Lui, a Buddhist missionary from the Tzu Chi Foundation. Dr Lui agreed to send Novemthree to Haulien in Taiwan to see specialist who could attempt the extremely complicated process of removing the tumour.
Abigail and Brittany Hensel are dicephalus conjoined twins whose bodies have fused together. The fact that they have survived infancy is a miracle.
To the medical world, Abby and Brittany were an astonishing case, confounding all expectations of dicephalus conjoined twins. With their bodies so closely linked it was clear that separation was out of the question.
A remarkable story of a young child who by the age of six had a stomach so firm and so toned that Richard Sandrak had, not a six-pack but, an eight-pack.
By the age of nine he was working on a movie version of Little Tarzan with Joey Travolta directing.
Cameron Macauley has firm memories of a family on Barra and a white house with a black and white collie! Is this reincarnation or a vivid imagination?
Dr. Jim Tucker flies in from the US to investigate the claims.
12 weeks after Allison Mathias fell pregnant she was told she was expecting triplets. A routine ultrasound found a fourth baby; she was having quads.
The chance of giving birth to quadruplets, naturally, in 1 in 800,000. The odds of those quads being identical are then one in eleven million. Unlike fraternal multiples who do not necessarily look alike and can even be a mix of sexes, identical quadruplets can only come from the same egg.
Monochorionic quadruplets are extremely rare with only one other set born in the world. Jose and Julia Carles have a very nervous pregnancy.
Monochorionic quads share a single placenta making the competition for nutrients fierce and complications very likely.
Jordan was born with a rare genetic condition, Proteus Syndrome, which, in it’s extreme form affects less than one hundred people in the world.
Soon, Jordan and Tracy will fly to America to visit the National Institute of Health in Washington D.C. The institute is one of the few places, in the world, that specialises in treating Proteus sufferers. For Jordan, his biggest hope is that they find a way to keep him walking.
Rebecca Medley and Katie Williams have a rare genetic disorder called Prader Willi Syndrome where they eat uncontrollably; an incurable condition.
Prader-Willi Syndrome also causes a wide range of learning difficulties, Rebecca gets special needs support at her local primary school. PWS will affect Rebecca’s social development, sexual development, and mental development.
Petero Byakatonga was born with an extremely rare disorder, his skull is being forced into a cone shape, squashing his brain and destroying his eye-sight.
Petero travels to Dalls to see Dr. Kenneth Salyer, a craniofacial surgeon, who will reshape his skull to remove the pressue from his brain and eyes.
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