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Grant and Sebastian

Our Kids  / Grant & Sebastian Propionic Acidemia Our story with PA started out the same as many of yours.  Our sons were born looking perfectly healthy, besides being born six weeks early and being twins.  Everyone that saw them

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Sam

Our Kids  / Sam Isovaleric Acidemia My pregnancy and delivery with Sam were normal. After he was born in 1993, he started to vomit, and it became progressively more over his first few weeks and was projectile. He had some

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​Kristie Lee and Johnny

Our Kids  / Kristie Lee & Johnny (3-MCC) 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA Carboxylase Deficiency This is an update on my children Kristie-Lee who is now 13 and Johnny who is now 8. Johnny was born September 20, 2000. He seemed to be a

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Kate

Our Kids  / Kate Propionic Acidemia – Newborn Screened! Our family and friends were quite surprised when we told them over the Christmas Holiday 2006 that we were having a baby. We had been married 13 years and we were

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Josh

Our Kids  / Josh Glutaric Acidemia, Type 1 Hi.   My name is Josh, I am 23 and I have GA1 also known as Glutaric Acidemia Type 1. I have had this from age 2 it is cause from to much

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Johnny

Our Kids  / Johnny MMA, Mut 0 – Our Trip to the NIH Our NIH Visit, by John and Lourdes (Johnny, 6 Yrs. Old, MMA mut0) This is an account of the week we spent at NIH, participating in the clinical

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Hudson and Hope

Our Kids  / Hudson & Hope Isovaleric Acidemia The last time we wrote an article for OAA, our children were quite young and we still felt a bit inadequate in caring for their metabolic needs.  A lot has changed in

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​Gavin

Our Kids  / Gavin Isovaleric Acidemia June 7th 2005 was one of the best days of our life’s, Gavin James was born and he was perfect! We were in the hospital for the usual few days, Gavin was a great

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Elizabeth IVA

Our Kids  /   Elizabeth Isovaleric Acidemia On September 29, 2005 at 5:41 am, Kent Robert joined our family.  He has born a healthy baby weighing in at 8 lbs 11 ounces and measuring 22 inches in length.  He has

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