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Flowery Branch toddler suffers from rare condition
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome causes large tongue in children
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Hayden Coleman takes off running through the yard recently as dad Clark follows close behind. The Coleman's are hoping that a children's plastic surgeon in St. Louis can help their daughter, who suffers from Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. The syndrome is classified as overgrowth syndrome usually causing an oversized tongue, or tumors in children.
Hayden Coleman, who is almost 2 years old, is very smart for her age and understands what her parents tell her. But the toddler has a hard time communicating with them for one big reason — her overgrown tongue. “Hayden really won’t talk to us,” Hayden’s mother, Hanna Coleman said.