FORMER REP SEAN DUFFY WELCOMES NEW BABY, CELEBRATES VALUE OF LIFE AND FAMILY
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FORMER REP SEAN DUFFY WELCOMES NEW BABY, CELEBRATES VALUE OF LIFE AND FAMILY
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Earlier this year, Rep. Sean Duffy resigned from his position in the United States House of Representatives to focus on his family. He and his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy — both alums of the MTV reality show “The Real World” — were expecting their ninth child together, and had discovered the baby had a heart defect. This week, their baby girl was born, and that baby has a little something extra to love: an extra chromosome! Daughter Valentina StellaMaris has Down syndrome.
In August, Duffy took to Facebook to announce his resignation and explain why he was stepping down. “Recently, we’ve learned that our baby, due in late October, will need even more love, time, and attention due to complications, including a heart condition,” he wrote. “With much prayer, I have decided that this is the right time for me to take a break from public service in order to be the support my wife, baby and family need right now.”
The baby ended up being born a month early, and Duffy explained that their daughter would not only need open heart surgery within a few months, but also would have developmental delays, leading some to speculate that the little girl has Down syndrome. Yesterday, that news was confirmed, when Campos-Duffy made the announcement on her Facebook page.
Campos-Duffy said that Valentina remains in the NICU, and is the “sweetest, most perfect angel we’ve ever seen.” She also said that she does, in fact, have Down syndrome. “Valentina was born with a heart defect (2 holes in the heart and valves that need to be fixed). She will need surgery in 3-4 months,” Campos-Duffy wrote. “As we suspected, Valentina was also born with an extra chromosome, which means she also has Downs Syndrome. That extra chromosome certainly made her EXTRA cute. Life is wonderful!!” Both parents report that the family is already very much in love with their beautiful little girl.
Duffy is an outspoken pro-life advocate, including fighting for minority children to be protected while in the womb.
(Excerpt from Live Action. Article by Cassy Fiano-Chesser.)
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Lord, I hated for Rep. Duffy to leave his position in Congress, but I thank you for his concern and love for his family. Thank you for their new, beautiful baby. How precious! I ask, Lord Jesus, that you take care of that dear baby and heal her heart, so she never has any problems. Please guide the doctors in the way they treat her.
Then Lord, when it seems to be the right time, please enable Rep. Duffy to return to politics (in whatever form You desire) and stand up for the right in our country. Thank you that he knows You, and may You bless him and his family.
What a blessing to witness the Love of the Spirit of God in this family who celebrate life as our Father gives us in this world!! May the testimony of this father, mother and their children touch hearts of stone and the Lord cause those stony hearts to become flesh! May the Lord continue to protect and lead and guide this precious family in the power of Holy Spirit.
Thank You Lord for this precious bundle of joy and love you have gifted the Duffy family. Thank You that her surgery will be done at the hands of skilled surgeons and that Jesus will be in the operating room with them. May she grow up surrounded by the love of family and friends. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Amen!
Father, DISPLAY Your LOVE through this precious baby girl. We pray wisdom and tenderness for each physician,nurse, ALL who minister to her in any way. YOU are Jehovah Rapha the Great Physician and ultimately we look to YOU to meet her needs and the needs of her dear family. We know Your Word tells us we all are fearfully and wonderfully made and that YOU created us in our mother’s womb. Bless this precious family and continue to make them a blessing….praying in the precious NAME of Jesus – Who loves the little children.
Prayers for her health…just saying the other day that Downs babies are x-tra adorable!
Our Lord has chosen your family for a special blessing. Praying she will soon be able to go home with you and when the time comes for her surgery that all will go well and be well. God bless your family and many others through His gift of Valentina StellaMaris.