{"id":173806,"date":"2017-10-28T14:03:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=173806"},"modified":"2017-10-27T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:47:03","slug":"doctors-said-ezra-never-walk-now-hes-dancing-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctors-said-ezra-never-walk-now-hes-dancing-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors said Ezra would never walk, but now he’s dancing with his father"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor, dancer, and singer Andrew Prashad and his wife learned at 23 weeks gestation that their preborn son had spina\u00a0bifida, hydrocephalus, and Chiari malformation type II<\/a>. Chiari Malformation type II is more severe than type I and can be life-threatening, with symptoms including difficulty swallowing, irritability when being fed, vomiting, arm weakness, a stiff neck, breathing difficulties, developmental delays, and trouble gaining weight. Spina Bifida<\/a> causes defects in the spinal cord and bones of the spine. Hydrocephalus<\/a> causes fluid to build on the brain causing impairments, developmental delays, and sometimes death.\u00a0Each of these conditions on their own is frightening and would cause their son health issues, but combined, they were even scarier for the parents to hear.<\/p>\n

Doctors suggested abortion, but the couple, who has two young daughters, refused.<\/p>\n

“We were told by many doctors and specialists that our son would never have any function below the waist,” said Prashad in a video<\/a> by\u00a0Life of Dad<\/a>.\u00a0 “No bathroom function, no leg movement, etc. And we were even asked if we wanted to abort. We were going to have him regardless and do our best, as his family, to\u00a0give him a terrific life.”<\/p>\n

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