Marianne Paluch knew something was off with her daughter and son when they were young. She noticed her daughter Tori had stiff muscles, would complain of leg pain at night and had other mysterious symptoms. At first, Marianne and Tori’s doctors chalked her symptoms up to growing pains, but it was when her teacher mentioned […]
A family’s journey with MELAS: How one diagnosis led to making a difference for others
It was Denise Schumacher’s son Alex who started her family’s journey with mitochondrial disease. Alex was born in 2003 and right away his parents knew something was off. “He had rapid heart rate and other symptoms, so he was life flighted to Children’s Minneapolis,” explained Denise. Alex’s symptoms led his family on a journey to […]