The First Sixteen Years: The Heran Family Interview

Kathy Angkustsiri, M.D., a UC Davis MIND Institute Developmental Pediatrician who works with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients, interviews Carrie and Kelley (16 years old) Heran who provide a candid discussion about what it's like living with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

[@bumpsandbliss]

This mother is just amazing!!! I’d sure love to get to know her.

[@kentuckylady2990]

You can see the pride in her mother’s face and hear it in her voice.

[@carolynkuks7659]

This mother and daughter are inspirations!!!!.

[@ZafranAsmy]

I love this mother. such a huge inspiration. thank you for sharing your story. This gives so much confidence to raise my child who has 22q.

[@SunshineSG881]

Thanks for sharing. It is amazing that you share so positively. You and your daughter are very strong and beautiful. My daughter has 22q and had multiple operations too so I totally understand your journey. I wish for you and her the best and all the strengths.

[@19th-Nervous-Breakdown]

I'm so impressed by this marvelous mother and her wonderful daughter. It's a great success story. 💪

[@kelli5745]

Hi Iam 36 and I have 22q to and so does my 13 yr old daughter.

[@miss.ttbagley-jones1584]

I have 22q11.2

[@NightOwlVisuals]

Me too, 30 year old video producer living in Boston!

[@blackwood5851]

Thanks for this video, I'm a medical student and I have to do a presentation about 22q11 deletion syndrome so it's really helpful to have the insight of a person with the syndrome

[@beefykeith48]

i hope the presentation went well! it's so amazing when med students really focus in on the testimonies from the people who are actually living with the conditions being studied.

[@angiea8022]

Something isn't right about this mother. (ALL babies are born blue)

[@simjim6]

No, there is nothing wrong with her, and babies are not usually born "cobalt blue" - like those with heart defects like Tetralogy of Fallot.