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Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. Faith was one of those babies. Faith was born with a birth defect called gastroschisis, suffered from a complication called chylothorax, and developed a deadly condition known as TPN-Associated Liver Disease (TPNALD).
Unfortunately, the options for treating TPNALD are very limited, and often the only "treatment" offered is organ transplantation. However, thanks to research that the March of Dimes has helped to fund, there is another option now available for babies with TPNALD- Omegaven. Omegaven saved Faith's life, along with the lives of many other babies.
We're walking in March for Babies because we are eternally grateful to the March of Dimes for helping to fund this lifesaving research, and we want to raise money to fund more research like this. And we need your help.
Please support our walk. Making a secure donation is easy: just click the 'donate now' button on this page. Thank you for helping us give all babies a healthy start, and go to Faith's blog to read more of her story!
The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
Friday, March 26, 2010
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