When Adrianne and her husband had their son Xavier, they discovered he had the incredibly rare condition called Schinzel Giedion syndrome. Children with this syndrome typically don't live past two years old, but Xavier beat those odds and lived to be almost eight years old. Earlier this year he died, just shy of his 8th birthday. In this episode Adrianne talks about his diagnosis, his life and his death.
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