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Elena Was Born With Cystic Fibrosis & Meconium Ileum

Written by Isaura Santos | October 16, 2015

2015-02-12-17.17.44

“She was our first child and we had not had prenatal genetic testing. When she was one day old, we were told she may have CF.”

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