Sheldon's Page Welcome. Sheldon is 7 and has a mitochondrial disorder. Sheldon can't talk but can sign and is a really sweet boy who makes everyone smile! He loves fire trucks, firefighters, ambulances, snow, and trucks. Sheldon has a G tube, a J tube, and a Hickman catheter (central line).
Mito is a nightmare progressive neurogical disorder for which there is no cure. The UMDF and mitoaction have good info about mito.
GF/CF diet really can cure autism! If your child has autistic symptoms, check into it. Sheldon has made a lot of progress on the GF/CF diet. Thanks for checking in on us! Please sign the guest book so we know you were here. Here's a good video about mito.
Here are the pictures from Sheldon's Wish trip ! Lots of fun!
A good video about mito - with Shel's picture in it. The poem about finding a cure is by Mattie Stepanek.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:08 PM CST I've created a new caring bridge site. Visit it at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/sheldonf
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Links: http://home.comcast.net/~elis_angels/ Eli's Angels is a non-profit for children affected with Mitochondrial or metabolic illnesses http://www.umdf.org United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation - provides info about mitochondrial disorders http://www.hippiesforhope.org Hippies for Hope - Amanda and Ashlie's new business
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