Word: asplenia
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Dates: during 1993-1993
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...Cisneroses, every moment with John Paul just now is precious. Suffering from asplenia syndrome, a condition in which a child is born with no spleen and a heart with two right atria, John Paul will undergo heart surgery next month, and his parents cannot be sure how many birthdays remain. The boy's heart, Cisneros reflects, does not even sound like a normal heart. "Most human hearts go ker-thump, ker-thump," he says. "His goes swish, swish, swish...
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