Nia Sanchez with husband Daniel Booko and family.Photo:Nia Sanchez/Instagram
Nia Sanchez/Instagram
Nia SanchezandDaniel Booko’s family is growing!
While pregnant with her twin girls, the former Miss USA and her husband shared a YouTube vlog detailinga difficult diagnosisshe received in March 2023.
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Nia Sanchez with husband Daniel Booko and family.Nia Sanchez/Instagram
“We got some news on Tuesday, and today is Friday. Would you like to share so I can keep it together?” she asked Booko in the video, shot in their car. “On Tuesday, we were diagnosed with TAPS,” he began.
“Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence,” she explained, naming a condition in which “blood flows unequally between twins that share a placenta (monochorionic), resulting in one fetus receiving more red blood cells than the other,” per theChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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A few months later,the couple welcomed their “two little angels"on Father’s Day, revealing the news onInstagramand calling the occasion “extra special this year.”
Daughters Isabelle Marie and Zariah Rose were born at 2:07 a.m. on Sunday, June 18, with Isabell weighing 5 lbs., 8oz., and Zariah weighing 5 lbs., 6 oz.
In the caption of their joint post, the proud parents shared, “We are absolutely in love and have been soaking up every magical moment with these little ones. We can’t wait to share more soon!”
source: people.com