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Founder Axelrod Featured in PARADE and on MSNBC, CNN & TODAY show
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| Susan Axelrod and daughter Lauren, 27 |
By Melissa Fay Greene
PARADE Magazine: 2/15/2009
When Susan Axelrod tells the story of her daughter, she begins like most parents of children with epilepsy: The baby was adorable, healthy, perfect. Lauren arrived in June 1981, a treasured first-born.
Susan Landau had married David Axelrod in 1979, and they lived in Chicago, where Susan pursued an MBA at the University of Chicago and David worked as a political reporter for the Chicago Tribune. (He later would become chief strategist for Barack Obama's Presidential campaign and now is a senior White House adviser.) They were busy and happy. Susan attended classes while her mother babysat. Then, when Lauren was 7 months old, their lives changed overnight.
"She had a cold," Susan tells me as we huddle in the warmth of a coffee shop in Washington, D.C., on a day of sleet and rain. Susan is 55, fine-boned, lovely, and fit. She has light-blue eyes, a runner's tan, and a casual fall of silver and ash-blond hair. When her voice trembles or tears threaten, she lifts her chin and pushes on.
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Media Appearances:
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MSNBC Morning Joe
Air Date: May 14, 2009 |
CNN with Campbell Brown
Air Date: February 19, 2009 |
MSNBC Morning Joe
Air Date: February 17, 2009 |
TODAY show
Air Date: February 16, 2009 |
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