At the point when Sage Pirnie was 16 months old, her mother Loreen saw something odd: one of her eyes got over, and wouldn’t glance the right way — a condition known as strabismus.
« It was the principal thing that appeared to be truly odd, » Loreen, 37, tells PEOPLE only.
Albeit Sage had been little since her introduction to the world in February 2020 and « wasn’t exactly a decent eater, » Loreen says all pre-origination and post-birth hereditary testing had been typical. Neither she nor her significant other Steve, 37, were concerned. « She appeared to be a cheerful, splendid, solid child, » says Loreen. « I was so eager to have her. »
« At that point, Steve had completed his MD and PhD and residency so it seemed like we were like at last toward the end goal, » says Loreen. « We assumed we were returning home for the simpler piece of our life. »
She was hospitalized for seven days in October for « inability to flourish » (or decelerated or captured actual development), and inside a couple of months had become discernibly more vulnerable and had begun losing a portion of her words.
« We were trusting somebody, anybody, could reveal insight into what was going on, » Loreen reviews. « Nobody truly realized what was happening. »
