{"id":86078,"date":"2024-08-15T08:53:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=86078"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:18:46","slug":"baby-born-with-unusual-syndrome-22-years-later-she-looks-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/baby-born-with-unusual-syndrome-22-years-later-she-looks-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Born With Unusual Syndrome \u2013 22 Years Later She Looks Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Before meeting the little bundle of joy that has developed in mommy\u2019s belly, all parents must endure an exciting nine-month wait.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There is absolutely no finer feeling than hearing the baby\u2019s first screams when it is eventually born into the world.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-86081 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/screenshot_1723685891.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"510\"' height='\"752\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/screenshot_1723685891.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>However, for other parents, the birth of a child can turn out to be something they could never have predicted.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Mary and Brad Kish of Illinois, USA, waited anxiously to meet their daughter in the late 1990s.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Mary\u2019s pregnancy had been trouble-free, and the birth had gone well. During the delivery, there were no signs that anything was wrong with their infant girl Michelle.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-86082 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/screenshot_1723686027.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"505\"' height='\"575\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/screenshot_1723686027.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When she opened her eyes, however, doctors instantly noticed that something was wrong. They didn\u2019t know what it was until they combed through medical texts and consulted a geneticist from another hospital.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle\u2019s face was wide and childlike. She was also losing her hair and had a nose that looked like a little beak.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>It was discovered that she had Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, a hereditary condition with only 250 known cases globally.\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201dNo one had ever seen it in person at Children\u2019s Memorial Hospital, where Michelle was born.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>When the doctor gave us the diagnosis of Hallermann-Streiff syndrome my heart sank. I was worried how are we going to care for our child who had a rare genetic disorder that was one in five million,\u201d Michelle\u2019s mother said.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-86083 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/kish.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"638\"' height='\"638\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kish.jpeg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle has 26 of the 28 symptoms that are associated with the condition. The condition affects only one in every five million people, yet it produces a slew of health issues.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle has Hallermann-Streiff syndrome as well as dwarfism, which means she can barely reach over her sister\u2019s waist despite the fact that they are just two years apart in age.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-86084 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/kish3.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"595\"' height='\"349\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kish3.jpeg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle\u2019s condition necessitates a great deal of support, including an electric wheelchair, hearing aid, probe, respirator, and visual aids.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle and her family have also had to spend a significant amount of time in the hospital as a result of the illness. She is sometimes misidentified as a youngster due to her appearance, despite the fact that she is 25 years old.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>\u201cNow Michelle is a 20-year-old woman, she is smart as a poodle and she is happier than ever. She is one of the happiest 20-year-olds I know,\u201d Mary, her mother, told the Daily Mail in 2018. She went on to say:\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cShe enlightens people\u2019s lives with their joy. She knows she\u2019s different but doesn\u2019t let it break her down.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-86085 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/mary.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"720\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mary.jpeg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Michelle is a fantastic and unusual young woman, despite having to struggle against a headwind.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>She aspires to be like her older sister and to have a boyfriend, among other things. She doesn\u2019t mind his height because practically everyone is taller than her, but she wishes he had long hair.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>She aspires to be a doctor as well!\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>Please SHARE this post and wish her all the best!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before meeting the little bundle of joy that has developed in mommy\u2019s belly, all parents must endure an exciting nine-month wait. There is absolutely no finer feeling than hearing the baby\u2019s first screams when it is eventually born into the world. 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