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Jul 01, 2009

Update on Marissa

Last August, we wrote about Marissa, a 19-month-old baby girl living in Annandale, Virginia, who was diagnosed at two months with a rare pediatric condition called Infantile Spasms (IS). IS is a type of epilepsy experienced in infancy that causes clusters of seizures and can lead to development problems. Marissa’s father, Mike, who spearheaded a global online effort for IS awareness, recently e-mailed us with the sad news that Marissa has “taken a turn…

 
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