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Ex-Dolphin lost his month-old son to rare disease. Here’s his heartbreaking story.

Kendall and Cristin Langford, like any expectant parents, could not wait for the arrival of their baby boy.

Kendall, a former NFL defensive lineman who spent four years with the Dolphins, said the expectation was little Kamden Alexander would be healthy; Cristin’s pregnancy was relatively stress-free.

But shortly after Kamden’s birth on Oct. 6 of last year, the medical staff feared something was wrong.

“The nurses and doctor were concerned about the length of his fingers and toes and had suspicion that it was Marfan syndrome,” Kendall Langford wrote on Twitter this week.

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