Joseph Daniel Valencic

Joseph Daniel Valencic
Born July 19th, 2001
Returned Home July 31, 2001

Here is the picture of his memorial stone, placed at his gravesite.

Joseph was born with a rare chromosomal disorder called Trisomy 13. This condition, in which there is an extra copy of the 13th chromosome, is a terminal disorder. Joseph was born with multiple heart defects (which include VSD, an AP window, and inversion), multi-cystic kidneys, polydactly (in which there are 6 fingers and toes on each hand and foot), a cleft palate and lip, and from all indications was deaf and blind. This page and the following pages are our tribute to him. He was only in our home a short time, but we loved him and know that he was able to feel our love. We take comfort in knowing that he will be part of our family forever, and we know we will see him again.

The following pages contain the many pictures we have taken of him, sorted (for the most part) by date.

July 20, 2001	July 21, 2001	July 23, 2001	July 24, 2001
July 27, 2001	July 28, 2001	July 29 & 30, 2001	July 31, 2001
More Pictures page 1	More Pictures page 2	More Pictures page 3	Siblings (pics page 4)

Here are some additional links for more information on Trisomy 13 and related Trisomy disorders.

Trisomy.org	WebMD
Rainbows Down Under	Dr. Greene

Here is the website of "EthanMan", another little Trisomy 13 angel, who looked remarkably like Joseph. His parents were kind enough to let us put a link to Ethan's site on Joseph's pages.

The Adventures of "Ethan Man"

Click HERE to return to our family home page.