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Sarahya and Xayvior

Our Kids  / Sarahya and Xayvior MMA Mut 0 Most people think of the fighting sport when I say MMA, but my two children are true MMA champions, and here is their story. I’m always amazed; always amazed at the

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​Emma and Jimmy

Our Kids  / Emma & Jimmy An MMA Journey from China to US  MMA, Mut 0 Our First Child Died Caroline and I are very happy to wait for our daughter, Emma, to come. Every night, I told stories to

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Liver Transplantation for Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemias

Liver Transplantation for Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemias Jerry Vockley, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineProfessor of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public HealthChief of Medical Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Liver transplantation

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Becca

My name is Fernando, and with my wife Lorena are the proud parents of two beautiful boys, Adrian and Gabriel.

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Yusuf
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Yusuf

We were returning from a month long trip to India after having visited our family with our 9-month old boy, Yusuf. We were glad that we were heading home to US, so we can settle back into our daily routine.

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​Sophia and Charlotte

Our Kids  / ​Sophia & Charlotte MMA, Mut 0 Charlotte and Sophia were born on September 21, 2010.  After a perfect and uneventful pregnancy, the twins were born vaginally at 38 weeks.  It was an uncomplicated delivery, other than the

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Maximus

Our Kids  / Maximus MMA, Mut 0 People joked when I was pregnant that by naming my son Max Danger, I would be in for a lot of trips to the hospital. Of course they meant for broken bones and

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Lara

Our Kids  / Lara MMA, Mut 0 It was an ordinary Monday morning when I received a call from our local radio station, to let me know that Lara had been short listed to win the Child of Sussex Award. 

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​Stephanie and Luke

Our Kids  / Stephanie & Luke MMA, Mut 0 Our daughter Stephanie was born 7 weeks early. She weighed 3lbs 5oz. I had preeclampsia. She stayed in the hospital for a few weeks, until she could eat and grow. Several

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Kumiko

Our Kids  / Kumiko MMA, Mut 0 Kumiko was born September 12, 2001. I was 41 years old so we had an amniocentesis done. Without any history to indicate a MMA they didn’t think to look for such a rare

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