Aug. 27th, 2013

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Second-oldest living Harlequin Ichthyosis sufferer is first to ever give birth.

HI is usually fatal within a week. Living to 21 with it is remarkable, having a child even more so. The labour was scary, the C-section had sudden major complications because many of their tools assume that the patient will have skin, but mother and child are now doing fine.

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