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Alphabet Soup Is Hard to Swallow

January 24, 2013 by Jolene Philo

Alphabet soup isn't hard to swallow. Not for most people anyway. But when a pediatrician says your newborn baby has esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF), the diagnosis is a hard one for parents to digest. And for the baby with this condition, soup–or any kind of food–can be deadly. Alphabet Soup: EA/TEF Style My husband and I learned of our son's diagnosis about seven hours … [Read more...]

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