For 7 Days Life was Perfect with New Baby—One Phone Call Changed Everything
It is standard procedure across the United States, where more than 98 percent of newborns are screened shortly after birth. But Jesse's results were different.Each year, newborn screening identifies more than 7,000 infants with serious yet treatable conditions, enabling medical intervention to begin before symptoms emerge. Jesse was one of those children.During the call, Vasquez was informed that the test indicated her son had spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease that affects the nerve cells controlling muscle movement.The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and can affect walking, swallowing, and breathing.
- ▪It is standard procedure across the United States, where more than 98 percent of newborns are screened shortly after birth.
- ▪But Jesse's results were different.Each year, newborn screening identifies more than 7,000 infants with serious yet treatable conditions, enabling medical intervention to begin before symptoms emerge.
- ▪Jesse was one of those children.During the call, Vasquez was informed that the test indicated her son had spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease that affects the nerve cells controlling muscle movement.The condition causes pr
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By Jack BeresfordSenior Reporter0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.When Lupita Vasquez welcomed her son, Jesse, in 2024, it was one of the happiest days of her life.“It was a very normal pregnancy,” she told Newsweek.However, just a week after he was born, she received a phone call that changed everything.Read More on LifeVasquez had given little thought to the routine heel-prick test Jesse received after birth—as do most parents. It is standard procedure across the United States, where more than 98 percent of newborns are screened shortly after birth.
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