First it was a variant in the PCDH19 gene. Then it was SCN8A. Then it was something else. Each time little Esmé seemed to have a label, it was later taken away.
Hillary Savoie wanted clear answers. Instead, the genetic testing results for her 4-year-old daughter, Esmé, sent her reeling. “I’m pale. The bags under my eyes are purple,” she wrote in her blog started when Esmé was a baby.
“My lips are drawn tight in a thin line.”United States Latest News, United States Headlines
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