COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — Heather Coutu’s pregnancy was normal by all accounts. It wasn’t until her daughter Brielle was born that doctors knew something was wrong.
That’s because Brielle had a port wine birthmark on her face, one of the tell-tale symptoms of a very rare neurological disorder called Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Brielle and her dad Justin joined 12 News anchor Shannon Hegy on a recent edition of 12 Health, along with Sturge-Weber Foundation founder and CEO Karen Ball…