Twins who are 'one in a million'. One had Down's syndrome, while the other did not.


	Twins who are 'one in a million'. One had Down's syndrome, while the other did not.
hayliirjsmom
7-20-2007 3:19 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6d31395c-5780-49fe-8ef0-a8e6834cc164/E986ACC0-656D-4316-94B9-0FF554E9365B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><H1>The twins who are 'one in a million'</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><EM>When 42-year-old Cathleen Gardiner's twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her they were a "pair in a million". 
</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879">One had Down's syndrome, while the other did not.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/C2FADA98-7CF5-44C1-BC9F-66F4BD573C7D" alt=" Gardiner" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/DA84D2B8-2CE3-49DD-A230-F2DBF450C51B" alt=" Gardiner" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><P>
From the outset I wanted to make sure we had as normal a family as possible for everyone's sake. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><P>But as soon as we got Sean home it was extremely apparent that he was very different to his sister. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><P>
As they were exactly the same age, it made his Down's even more obvious. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><P>If you just have one child with the condition you don't have another one to constantly compare them to, and I'll admit it was very hard to watch Lisa rapidly grow and develop while Sean lagged so far behind. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"><P>She was bright and alert, while Sean was floppy and not nearly so aware of his surroundings. 
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Regardless of Sean's disability, to me they will always be two little peas in a pod - and that's just the way they think of it, too. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879">Cases of having one twin with Down's and one without are extremely rare.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469650&in_page_id=1879"> I've heard of only a handful</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E986ACC0-656D-4316-94B9-0FF554E9365B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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