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You can donate to help parents spend special time with their newborn children. Author: Elizabeth Worthington Updated: 6:43 PM EST January 11, 2021 TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — Hannah and Joe Henselder of Tunkhannock are the parents of baby boy Myles. A few months before he was born, the couple learned Myles would be born with a rare and fatal form of dwarfism called thanatophoric dysplasia. "It's shortening of the ribs, and the limbs are stunted, so he's never able to breathe out of utero," Hannah said. "Coronavirus being what it was, she had to find that out on her ow...

Who: A special medical device gave one local family extra time to spend with their infant son. Joseph and Hannah Dinan Henselder of Tunkhannock are the parents of Myles Theodore Henselder, who lived for six minutes after his birth on Sept. 1. Twenty-two weeks into the pregnancy, the Henselders had learned their son had Type 2 thanatophoric dysplasia, a lethal form of dwarfism occurring in 1 in 20,000 to 50,000 newborns, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It can result in stunted limbs and underdeveloped ribs and lungs. Myles developed fluid on his brain and a cloverleaf-shape...