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How one family went from a devastating Sanfilippo diagnosis to advancing science – ABC News
Megan Donnell couldn’t shake the worry that something was wrong with her daughter. She’ll never forget the day the tests results came back — the doctors had found something.
In 2009, Megan and Allan Donnell said goodbye to life as they knew it. They became parents, and they were thrilled.
Isla was a happy, healthy baby girl, and met all the milestones a newborn should.
“I remember the doctor saying ‘She’s perfect,'” Allan says. “And I thought, ‘We winged that pretty well.'”
The family settled into their new life in Sydney’s northern beaches, and two years later, Isla got a baby brother, Jude.
Jude was born two years after his sister.(Supplied: Karen Coulstock)
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