What kind of rare genetic craniofacial disorder was Juliana Wetmore born with?
Treacher Collins syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by craniofacial deformities.:577 Treacher Collins syndrome is found in 1 in 10,000 births. The typical physical features include downward slanting eyes, micrognathia (a small lower jaw), conductive hearing loss, underdeveloped zygoma, drooping part of the lateral lower eyelids, and malformed or absent ears. It is named after Edward Treacher Collins (1862–1932), the English surgeon and ophthalmologist who described its essential traits in 1900. The doctor told us that we needed to make a decision as to whether or not we were going to continue the pregnancy. JulianaThom and I looked at each other, then quickly back at the doctor. We both said there was no decision to be made. Juliana is in the hospital right now. She has an infection in her back where the tissue expander is. She was scheduled for surgery on August 20, but will be having the surgery instead on this coming Monday (August 3). She is receiving IV antibiotics
