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Update | 10:40 p.m.

We just got word that — despite previous reports — Santorum said in a tele-town hall tonight that his daughter was not taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Santorum usually takes his daughter to CHOP, but he said she was so unwell last night that they took her to a hospital in the D.C. area instead, Politico reports.

“It was a very, very tough night last night,” he said.

The Inquirer has yet to correct its earlier articles about Isabella Santorum’s hospitalization.

Update | 10:10 p.m.

Rick Santorum said earlier tonight that his daughter, who was sent to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after a bout with pneumonia, is recovering well.

“The last four, five hours, she has just made a great turn,” Santorum said during a tele-town hall meeting.

Read our original post below:

Rick Santorum canceled his campaign events today after his three-year-old daughter was hospitalized at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Isabella Santorum has trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder caused by the presence of an additional 18th chromosome.

CHOP has more information about the disorder here.

Printed below is the full statement from Hogan Gidley, Santorum’s national communications director, courtesy of The Washington Post.

“Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening. The campaign will cancel Rick’s upcoming Sunday morning Florida campaign schedule. However, Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible.”

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