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GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition
GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition The family of a year-and-a-half-old baby girl have started a GoFundMe campaign to help defray medical expenses incurred as doctors treat her rare and potentially fatal medical condition.  Sawyer Jane Barrow was born last year with a condition known as vein of Galen malformation, in which veins don't connect to capillaries but directly to the great cerebral vein. The condition leads to an abnormally fast blood flow, which can lead to a variety of problems, including congestive heart failure, brain bleeding and seizures. Vein of Galen malformations are very rare, affecting just 1 in 3 mil…

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