{"id":220201,"date":"2020-03-17T08:42:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=220201"},"modified":"2020-03-16T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T02:52:36","slug":"restored-faith-humanity-cleft-palate-gift-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/restored-faith-humanity-cleft-palate-gift-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Restored our faith in humanity’: Mom of baby with cleft palate gets generous gift from stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At 24 weeks pregnant, Sara Heller and Chris Eidam learned that their baby boy had a cleft lip and palate. Doctors asked them if they wanted to have an abortion, but the couple refused. After their son was born, people began to comment on his face, but then one stranger gave the new parents an amazing gift.<\/p>\n

“They asked us if we wanted to keep the pregnancy,” Eidam told News 6<\/a>. He and Heller didn’t even question it; they knew immediately they would not<\/em> abort their son.\u00a0Baby Brody was safe in his mother’s womb, but he had a bilateral cleft lip and palate along with a chromosome deletion, of which doctors told his parents there are only nine other known cases in the world.<\/p>\n

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We were able to see our little guy today. His bilateral cleft lip is more obvious today than in previous scans but I can't help but think he is the cutest baby on earth (or in the womb). So in love with our little (2lbs 12oz) guy! #1in700 #cleftlipandpalate<\/a><\/p>\n

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