COLUMBIA — Nestled in the corner of the couch, 15-month-old Julianna pulled a blanket over her head. “Peekaboo! There you are!” her mother, Kate Basi, cooed while pulling back the blanket, causing Julianna to smile.
Mother embraces challenges and joys of daughter with disability
Kate Basi feels the day-to-day struggles of raising a child with Down syndrome. But she says she would not change her daughter’s condition.
Sunday, June 1, 2008 | 2:00 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:56 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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