WELL,
WELL, HAPPY DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW ONE NEW MOM IN
OUR STATE IS FEELING THIS SEASON
. SHE IS HOME WITH A BRAND NEW
BABY. SHE WASN'T SURE SHE WAS
EVEN ABLE TO HAVE FAITH AND LOTS
OF OVE MADE A MAGICAL TIME OF
YEAR EVEN MORE SPECIAL FOR THIS
FAMILY CHILD THREE'S
ROGER SUSANIN REVEALS WHAT MOM
AND BABY HAD TO OVERCOME. YOU
ARE BEAUTIFUL. YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE EVERYTHING
THAT GOD I WANT YOU TO BE. DEJA
DYLAN CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE
THE HOLIDAYS. YOU'RE SO PRETTY.
WITH HER PICTURE PERFECT FOUR
MONTH OLD BABY KINSLEY. THAT'S
GOING TO BE SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S
HER FIRST CHRISTMAS. WE HAVE UM
, MATCHING THE JAMMEH'S THAT
WE'RE GONNA WEAR AND TAKE
PICTURES BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE
THAT MOM SEASON IS ESPECIALLY
JOYOUS. INDEED. ASIA'S
MANCHESTER HOME BECAUSE LITTLE
KINSLEY HERE IS HER MAMA'S
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN
AT YOUR DAUGHTER LIKE THIS? I
DID IT. YOU SEE, THE ASIA HAS
STRUGGLED HER ENTIRE LIFE WITH
THE INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER,
SICKLE CELL DISEASE THAT WAS
DIAGNOSED AS A SIX MONTH OLD
BABY, MY MOM SAYS, OFTEN ENDURES
EXCRUCIATING PAIN EPISODES, BUT
THE PHYSICAL TRAUMA IS NOTHING
COMPARED TO THE MENTAL ANGUISH
SHE FELT WHEN DOCTORS EXPLAINED
SHE'D LIKELY NEVER FULFILL HER
GREATEST DREAM. I JUST HEARD
OVER AND OVER. YOU SHOULDN'T GET
PREGNANT. UM YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR
PAIN CRISIS WORSE. IF YOU DIDN'T
GET PREGNANT, YOU WERE SUCH A
HIGH RISK PREGNANCY WOULD WORRY
ABOUT YOU AND THE BABY. DOCTORS
DISCOURAGED HER FROM HAVING
CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING
SO COULD MAKE HER SYMPTOMS.
WORSE SO WHEN DEJA LEARNED SHE
WAS PREGNANT, I WAS VERY JOYFUL
. BUT I WAS ALSO SCARED. TO BE
HONEST, I BEGIN TO PRAY THAT I
MADE IT TOUGH. 12 WEEKS BECAUSE
I WAS TOLD OVER AND OVER AND
OVER NOT TO GET PREGNANT, BUT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF HER
JOURNEY, ASIA RECEIVED A MUCH
MORE REASSURING MESSAGE FROM THE
TEAM AT UCONN HEALTH'S NEW
ENGLAND SICKLE CELL INSTITUTE.
NURSE PRACTITIONER JANICE NELSON
GAVE DEJA HOPE MADE A PLAN FOR
MANAGING HER PAIN. SHE TOLD ME
JUST JUST LIKE THIS. YOU ARE NOT
THE FIRST PERSON THAT HAS TO
HAVE A BABY AND YOU WILL NOT BE
THE LAST HAD REGULARLY SCHEDULED
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS TO SUPPORT
HER PREGNANCY, WHICH IS ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY SHE WAS ABLE TO
HAVE A HEALTHY BABY GIRL. SHE
SMILED AT ME, AND THEY PUT IT ON
MY CHEST AND I JUST FELT LIKE
EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE FINE.
THAT NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY
EASY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH LITTLE
KINSLEY HERE, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAY SHE LOOKS LIKE HER
MAMA. BUT ASIA IS GRATEFUL THAT
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER HAVE ONE
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. BABY
KINSLEY HERE IS SICKLE CELL FREE
WAS MEANT TO BE HERE DEFINITELY
MEANT TO BE HERE IS SO GRATEFUL
FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE THESE
MOMENTS POSSIBLE. WHAT YOU
ALWAYS DREAMED OF. EVEN DURING
THE MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE
YEAR. THE GREATEST GIFTS ARE THE
ONES THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE. YOU
JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE. IT'S GONNA
BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS WE EVER
HAD. IN MANCHESTER,
ROGER SUSANIN. CHANNEL THREE
EYEWITNESS NEWS. OH MY GOD!
LITTLE CHERUB. JUST AN
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS STORY.
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS
GIFT FOR THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S
SPECTACULAR, THE MEDICAL CARE
THAT SHE RECEIVED IN HER MIRACLE
CAME TRUE. ABSOLUTELY ALRIGHT,
WE'RE THREE DAYS AWAY FROM
CHRISTMAS AND IT'S THROWBACK
THURSDAY. WE HAVE SOME HOLIDAY
BABY PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU DO
SURPRISE. SURPRISE I'M NOT A
BLONDE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS A 1990 ON SANTA'S LAP
SOMEWHERE AT A MALL. I THINK I
THINK THAT THIS WAS AT THE
BERKSHIRE MALL. MY GIRLFRIEND
KRISTIN POLITO, AND I USED TO GO
EVERY HAPPY YOU ARE ON SANTA'S
LAP. LOVED SANTA IS SO GREAT
LOVES MY KIDS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL
SEE. OKAY WHERE ARE YOU, SCOTT?
ME THIS IS, UM OH MY GOSH.
THAT'S MY MOM AND MY DAD AND ME,
MY GOD. GOSH THAT'S MY PARENTS
AND ME. MY TWO OLDER BROTHERS, I
THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
PICTURE, THEY GOT CUT OUT ABOUT
ABOUT THEM. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE,
I AM A REAL BLONDE. YOU ARE A
REAL BLOG. YES, WE SWAPPED.
THAT'S A GREAT PHOTO. YOUR MOM,
I SAID THIS WHEN WE SHOWED IT A
FEW DAYS AGO. SHE'S GORGEOUS.
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, AND
SHE STILL IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
AND I'M BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN
MY, UH, BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN
MY LIFE SEEING HER, RIGHT? I'M
GONNA GO TO RICHARD SLASH
SINGERS FROM CBS NEWS. I'M GOING
TO HIS HOUSE. CHRISTMAS EVE
BECAUSE WE DO AN ANNUAL. OUR
TRADITION IS TO GET TOGETHER.
CHRISTMAS EVE, WE GO TO THE
CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM
HIS HOUSE. AND THEN WE COME BACK
AND WE HAVE A NICE DINNER AND
THEN CHRISTMAS DAY, I'M GOINGTO
GET UP AND DRIVE TO MY MOM'S.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DINNER WITH
MY BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS? IT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY QUIET. JUST THE