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Born Small, in October 1992

Hiromi and her husband's first child was born October 19, 1992, weighing 2,414 grams. He was unusually lethargic in his first days home, and doctors soon diagnosed Down syndrome along with a heart condition. One doctor told the family he might not live to see his first birthday.
He lived six years — five more than that first prediction.