{"id":54290,"date":"2014-10-05T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=54290"},"modified":"2014-10-05T10:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T14:04:05","slug":"parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents knew their son wouldn&#8217;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew something was wrong when their preborn son, Thomas, was not developing correctly inside the womb. When they discovered that Thomas suffered from Trisomy 13 Syndrome, a chromosomal disorder that causes severe developmental delays ranging from profound retardation, malformation of the face and head, and incomplete formation of the brain, kidneys, or heart, they knew Thomas would likely live outside of the womb for a short time. Rather than choosing abortion,\u00a0 T.K. and Deidrea chose to give Thomas a chance at life.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this gripping and powerful story that details the journey these parents took &#8212; the emotional struggles and moments of joy &#8212; to give their baby boy a chance at life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ToNWquoXqJI?list=UUACRim7l0tmc5lhNnDQyUvQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54294 size-full\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-4-e1412442561831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-4-e1412442561831.jpg 638w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-4-e1412442561831-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54295\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-5-e1412442533608.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-trisomy-5\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-5-e1412442533608.jpg 625w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-5-e1412442533608-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54293\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-3-e1412442581692.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-trisomy-3\" width=\"638\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-3-e1412442581692.jpg 638w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-3-e1412442581692-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54291\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-2-e1412442627945.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-trisomy-2\" width=\"636\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-2-e1412442627945.jpg 636w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-2-e1412442627945-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54292\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-1-e1412442647258.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-trisomy-1\" width=\"638\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-1-e1412442647258.jpg 638w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-1-e1412442647258-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Video via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ToNWquoXqJI&amp;list=UUACRim7l0tmc5lhNnDQyUvQ&amp;feature=player_embedded\">Dallas Morning News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew something was wrong when their preborn son, Thomas, was not developing correctly inside the womb. When they discovered that Thomas suffered from Trisomy 13 Syndrome, a chromosomal disorder that causes severe developmental delays ranging from profound retardation, malformation of the face and head, and incomplete formation of the brain, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":54295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,1039,1108,1052,2848],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parents knew their son wouldn&#039;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn&#039;t live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parents knew their son wouldn&#039;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn&#039;t live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-5-e1412442533608.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Becky Yeh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Becky_Yeh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Becky Yeh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Becky Yeh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6713178e808e48e17278fcb66bb92970\"},\"headline\":\"Parents knew their son wouldn&#8217;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":13,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"abortion\",\"baby\",\"preborn\",\"prolife\",\"trisomy 13\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issues\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\",\"name\":\"Parents knew their son wouldn't live long, but they gave him a chance at life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn't live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Parents knew their son wouldn&#8217;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6713178e808e48e17278fcb66bb92970\",\"name\":\"Becky Yeh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/364069d87fa61e28f6f85adb0402c6ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/364069d87fa61e28f6f85adb0402c6ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Becky Yeh\"},\"description\":\"Becky Yeh is the Media Manager at Live Action. Prior to joining the Live Action team, she worked as a journalist and social media manager for the news arm of the American Family Association, and freelanced as a photographer for the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. She is passionate about using new media, journalism, and social media for the common good, and to share the truth that each life has value.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Becky_Yeh\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/beckyyeh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Parents knew their son wouldn't live long, but they gave him a chance at life","description":"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn't live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Parents knew their son wouldn't live long, but they gave him a chance at life","og_description":"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn't live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":625,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-trisomy-5-e1412442533608.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Becky Yeh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Becky_Yeh","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Becky Yeh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/"},"author":{"name":"Becky Yeh","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6713178e808e48e17278fcb66bb92970"},"headline":"Parents knew their son wouldn&#8217;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life","datePublished":"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/"},"wordCount":139,"commentCount":13,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["abortion","baby","preborn","prolife","trisomy 13"],"articleSection":["Issues"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/","name":"Parents knew their son wouldn't live long, but they gave him a chance at life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-10-05T09:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-05T14:04:05+00:00","description":"Parents, T.K. and Deidrea Lauxs, knew their son wouldn't live long, but they chose to give him a chance at life.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-give-baby-who-wasnt-expected-to-live-long-a-chance-at-life\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Parents knew their son wouldn&#8217;t live long, but they gave him a chance at life"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6713178e808e48e17278fcb66bb92970","name":"Becky Yeh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/364069d87fa61e28f6f85adb0402c6ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/364069d87fa61e28f6f85adb0402c6ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Becky Yeh"},"description":"Becky Yeh is the Media Manager at Live Action. Prior to joining the Live Action team, she worked as a journalist and social media manager for the news arm of the American Family Association, and freelanced as a photographer for the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. She is passionate about using new media, journalism, and social media for the common good, and to share the truth that each life has value.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/Becky_Yeh"],"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/beckyyeh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}