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The Cain-Gingrich Endorsement

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Dark_Falcon1/28/2012 8:51:18 pm PST

Hate Rick Santorum all you want, but please do say a prayer for his daughter:

Rick Santorum’s three-year-old daughter Isabella, who suffers from a chromosomal condition called Trisomy 18, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital Saturday.

In a statement, Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said the GOP presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator would cancel campaign events on Sunday morning.

“Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening,” Gidley said. “The campaign will cancel Rick’s upcoming Sunday morning Florida campaign schedule. However, Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible.”

Santorum had been slated to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” as well as make a stop at King Jesus International Ministry in Miami. Santorum has been campaigning in Florida ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday.

Trisomy 18 is caused by extra material from chromosome 18, and is three times more common in girls than boys. Half of patients born with the condition do not survive past the first week of life, according to the National Institutes of Health. Patients who do survive past the first week experience serious medical and developmental problems.