In addition, two of her fingers were fused together.
Doctors then diagnosed Evangalynn with fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia, and oligosyndactyly (FATCO) syndrome.
Immediately, she knew something was wrong.
“I was stressing out the whole time.”
At the time, she was relieved because she knew a lot more could have gone wrong.
Still, when Evangalynn was born on August 20, thedoctorsand the couple knew there were more issues.
The couple was shocked when they heard the official diagnosis.
I was freaking out," the TLC star said.
Instead, she wanted to ensure that her daughter would feel proud of her differences as she gets older.
Despite the famous polygamous family, the Brushes are not living what they call “plural marriage.”
“How will she be at 70 years old?
Will this come back and haunt her?
There’s still a lot of unknowns, which is hard,” Brown Brush explained.
“Axel is doing really good as a big brother,” said Caleb in an interview withTLC.
“He loves Evangalynn.
So, it lets me know that as a parent we are doing something right.”
When it came to deciding on the baby’s name, they looked to their family for inspiration.
“We were trying to think of a family name.
They also decided to select Kodi as the child’s middle name in honor of Maddie’s father.
