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Mrs. Elliott Bishop Jr. of Hanover, Mass., is certain that her daughter, Mary, is a miracle child.
Every mother thinks her child is special in some way, but Mrs. Bishop may have more reason than most Mary came into the world with a rare hereditary birth defect— so rare that it was four years before her parents found someone able to diagnose it.
The condition is Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, and Mary suffers from its major effects, dwarfism and congenital heart disease. At birth, doctors doubted she would live more than six weeks.
“We were told that if she survived she would have to be placed in ac institution. She would never be able to lead a normal life,’’ Mrs Bishop says. That was seven years ago.
Today, Mary attends a public school in Hanover where she is a class leader, gets good grades and, despite her short stature, is very active at play. “She even helps with chores around the house," Mrs. Bishop says. "She's a miracle child. She fooled the doctors."
Much of the credit for Mary’s progress must go to the medical team at the March of Dimesfinanced Birth Defects Center at Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children This team diagnosed Mary's condition and now supervises her care. She had undergone successful heart surgery at the same hospital before the center was established.
Mrs. Bishop is very proud of her daughter’s progress, hut she can also tell a parallel story of tragedy in her family
“When Mary was born in October 1961 it was a great shock to us," Mrs. Bishop recalls. “My pregnancy was normal; our first child, Dominica, who was born in 1958, has always been normal and healthy There had never been any health problems in my family or my husband's.
“When Mary came and we thought she wouldn’t live we almost despaired At that time the doctors did not know what Mary had. They told me there was only a slight chance that we would have another baby with the same problems. They thought perhaps it would be good for my morale to have another baby.
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