Disability studies major Danielle Leduc (right) with her mother Anita and son David, in a photo commemorating her 2012 selection as “Chatham’s favourite mother.”
Dec 4th, 2015
Her son may suffer from multiple medical challenges, but there is nothing wrong with his heart, says disability studies major Danielle Leduc.
“David is just the most loving child a mother could ever wish for,” she says. “He is such a trouper.”
The boy has undergone dozens of surgeries to counter the complications of a disorder affecting many body systems—VACTERL Association can encompass vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-esophageal fistula, renal anomalies, and limb abnormalities.