Long odds, but I'm betting on Timothy

My story today was a pleasure. I got to meet a great family and one tough kid. Timothy was born with a congenital disease called "Prune Belly Syndrome." Timothy was facing some long odds. First off, the disease impacts just 1 in 50,000 kids. Timothy's mom was told at 14 weeks that he had a 3% chance of being born alive and she may want to consider terminating the pregnancy. But wait, there's more. Survival after birth was only a 50-50 proposition.

Prune Belly kids are born with little or no stomach muscles and lots of internal problems. But Timothy's dad donated his kidney and now his son is nearly three years old and is just about as normal as can be.

He runs, jumps and romps just like a little boy should. If you got to meet Timothy, I bet you would place a bet on him, regardless of the odds.