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After rare diagnosis, Cd’A girl beating the odds

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | October 7, 2025 1:08 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — In her three years of life, Grace Sayler has defied the odds. 

She received what appeared to be a hopeless diagnosis as a newborn: Noonan syndrome, a rare condition that caused her to develop early hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an abnormal thickening of the heart muscle. The condition is often fatal in infants. 

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