Santorum suspending his campaign

Re: Santorum suspending his campaign

• zoolady

  April 2012

  
  

  I am a terrible person, but I am thinking Newt is cheering about this, thinking that he can somehow get Santorum's votes in the remaining primaries.  While I don't think he is so bad as to be glad the child is sick, I also don't doubt that he hasn't even thought about that part of it, or reasons it away.  

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• 2Vermont member

  April 2012

  casmgn:

  BQBride:

  I assume it's because of his daughter's poor health.  Good for him for having his priorities in the right place.  Although, I suspect he was more interested in preaching the gospel than actually becoming president.
  

  Is his daughter in critical condition?

  While I am absolutely not questioning his love for his daughter, the cynic in me has to wonder if he and his team also saw this as an opportunity for him to bow out without looking like a loser.

  Ditto.  Cynic here too. 

   

  And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

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• is_it_over_yet?

  April 2012

  Knitty:

  bootsie08:

  Jaylea:

  I heard on the news that his daughter has Trisomy 18.  I have always been told that Tri 18 isn't compatible with life.  Anyone have anymore information about her?

  I hope she's doing okay.

  (But I would be lying if I didn't say I was relieved at the thought of him being out of the race)

  ETA: I just read more. 90% die within the first year of life, and the oldest surviving child with this diagnosis is 13.  So awful.

  People have survived into their 30's and 40's with Trisomy 18, though often with severe disabilities and unable to care for themselves.  I remember reading an article about a 30-ish year old woman who had it and also had normal intelligence.  I believe it was only found because she was having difficulty conceiving. 
  

  FALSE

  And shame on you for lying about such a serious thing. She did not have trisomy 18, she had trisomy 18 mosaicism. That means she had some trisomy 18 cells. And not a large part of her, either.

  A healthy 30-year-old woman was discovered unexpectedly to have trisomy 18/ normal chromosome mosaicism. She was ascertained because of a history of three spontaneous abortions following the birth of a healthy son. Trisomy 18 was present in 18% of her lymphocytes and 2% of her cultured skin fibroblasts. She had several minor malformations associated with trisomy 18 syndrome. She is, to our knowledge, the first person who has clinical stigmata of trisomy 18 but has normal intelligence and leads a normal family life.
  

  American Journal of Medical Genetics

  Volume 26, Issue 4, pages 929?931, April 1987

   

  And shame on you for trolling/sh*t-stirring with your faux outrage over a sensitive matter. 

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