While Children Suffer From Degenerative Disease, Parents Search for a Treatment
At age 4, Nathan Milto was a typical preschooler: he enjoyed singing songs, playing on the computer and practicing hockey slap shots with his Dad in the basement of their Indianapolis home.
But in a just a few months, a rare neurodegenerative disorder known as Late Infantile Batten disease would transform Nathan's happy childhood into a living nightmare.
By his fifth birthday, the disorder had caused Nathan to lose his eyesight, and at age 6 he was put on a feeding tube.
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