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Matt and Chloe Hawkins Take Prader Willi Syndrome to Today’s Parent

Posted by Keegan JohnsonAugust 13, 2010 at 9:10pmNo Comments

Matt Hawkins is known for his film making, but this time it was his writing that stole the show.  Matt wrote in to Today’s Parent and won a contest to have a feature article written about Matt and his daughter Chloe and included in Today’s Parent Magazine.

“Suddenly we were part of a community of parents who had a ‘do what you can and do it now’ attitue” – Matt Hawkins

Matt and his wife Megan have also raised over $10,000 for the One SMALL Step Walkathon on August 16th http://onesmallstep.fpwr.ca

“Matt Hawinks and his wife Megan O’Neail, were living in the heart of midtown Toronto with their kids Dexter and Georgia, when on Valentine’s day 2008, their third child was born.  But when little Chloe had feeding problems, Megan knew something was wrong.  A battery of tests led to a diagnosis that the Hawkins had never hear of.  Their daughter had Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a rare disorder characterized by low muscle tone, cognitive delay and most cruelly an insatiable appetite.” – Today’s Parent September 2010 Edition

Pick up the September issue of Today’s Parent

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