Google Search Helped Couple Find Answers About A Rare Genetic Disorder. Now They Are Helping Families Around The World Whose Kids Are Battling The Same Syndrome

Jackie and Olin Arnold fell in love with their firstborn the second Logan came into the world. It did not take long before they noticed something was not quit right with their precious bundle of joy.

Logan had an elongated face, wide-set eyes, upturned earlobes, and features that , Jackie says, made him look like “an old man.”

At just 10 days old, Logan stopped eating, wasn’t meeting his infant milestones and needed an emergency surgery. Out of desperation, Olin picked up his laptop and searched all of Logan’s characteristics.

“I literally Googled all the characteristics I saw: upturned ears, his eyes were wide-set, very happy disposition,” he says.

“I started looking up pictures of the kids, and I found a little girl in Ireland that looked like his doppelganger,” Olin adds.

The child, he says, looked like Logan’s twin. Hence, Olin searched her condition and everything related to the Mowat-Wilson syndrome.

If Olin was correct, Logan had a genetic syndrome so rare there are only about 300 known cases worldwide.

“Fortunately, we found some Facebook groups that have been a tremendous support,” Jackie Arnold says. “We post a question and instantly we have 10 or 12 comments from people, who have actually walked the walk.”

Thanks to their findings, they are able to help their son battle the syndrome and are not busy helping other families around the world who find themselves in the same situation.