The three-year-old daughter of Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been admitted to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the candidate has cancelled his Sunday morning campaign events to be at her side.
Santorum campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said Saturday night that the former Pennsylvania senator and his wife, Karen, were with Bella at CHOP. Gidley said Santorum planned to return to campaigning as soon as possible in Florida, where the Republican primary is Tuesday.
Bella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. Bella was not expected to survive until her first birthday and concerns over her health have canceled previous Santorum campaign events.
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Meet Bella

At the last debate, I mentioned how I was looking forward to taking the red eye home to see my three year old daughter Bella since she had surgery earlier that day.
Following that debate, Karen and I got numerous emails and calls from supporters asking how she was doing. We were touched by the tremendous outpouring of support we received for our sweet Bella.
She’s doing great and is back to her joyful, smiley self. Since so many of you were asking about her, we wanted to share this video to introduce her to you.
We hope you’ll enjoy this video.

Verona, PA – The Rick Santorum for President campaign has issued the following statement on the admittance of Isabella Santorum to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Hogan Gidley, National Communications Director, said: “Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening. The campaign will cancel Rick’s upcoming Sunday morning Florida campaign schedule. However, Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible”