Marian was a normal growing and growing little girl in her small town in California until at the age of one she began to forget words as simple as “hello” or “goodbye”. Then, when she had learned to walk, she seemed to forget how to stand on her legs and started crawling again.
For several months, the doctors consulted did not find any pathology. Until that day of February 2017 when they diagnosed Marian with Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC), also called, “Alzheimer’s children “.
“When we heard the news, we were devastated. We wanted to do everything to help him survive,” say the parents in the Daily Mail.
A new treatment protocol in Los Angeles
In a page Facebook dedicated to their little girl, Marian’s parents, Sara and Paul McGlocklin, recount their battle against this rare disease which affects approximately one in 130,000 babies. This disease is of genetic origin. It is caused by the accumulation of certain types of lipids in certain tissues of the body, in particular brain cells.
The Los Angeles Hospital agreed to follow the little girl. Marian is thus the youngest patient in the world to receive treatment for this disease. “We don’t really know what to expect but for now it seems to be working. After the last treatment she seemed stronger than ever and a few days later she was taking her first steps. A year ago I didn’t know if she would be able to crawl so seeing her walk it’s really a dream come true ” explains his mother on social networks.
Normally, children with this disease have a life expectancy of 10 years.
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