metachromatic leukodystrophy mld is a single gene disorder. both jake and ally are carriers of the faulty gene, but are unaffected. each child they have has a one in four risk of inheriting both copies of the faulty gene, and so having the condition. wow, wow! tests showed that, like nala, teddi has mld. i thought to myself, it was like, it can t happen again, with a one in four chance, we can t be that unlucky. we ve been unlucky enough for it to happen the first time. but when we found out, it wasjust, again, just heartbreaking. around one in 100 of us carries the faulty gene for mld. but both parents have to pass on that gene for a child
metachromatic leukodystrophy, obviously no one s ever heard of that. and as soon as she left, jake googled it and i could tell by his face that it wasn t good news. you see the water? metachromatic leukodystrophy mld is a single gene disorder. both jake and ally are carriers of the faulty gene, but are unaffected. each child they have has a one in four risk of inheriting both copies of the faulty gene, and so having the condition. wow, wow! tests showed that, like nala, teddi has mld. i thought to myself, it was like, it can t happen again, with a one in four chance, we can t be that unlucky. we ve been unlucky enough for it to happen the first time. but when we found out, it was just, again, just heartbreaking. around one in 100 of us carries the faulty gene for mld. but both parents have to pass
every morning, i would do a little instagram video. yay! and everybody would message and just say how she brightens their day, makes their day, because she was just so funny. she was just a completely normal toddler. but by then, she had started showing signs her walking had got uneven, she had started falling over more often, and the tremor had also started. these were the first signs that something was wrong. i was convinced she had a brain tumour, and everyone was telling me i was being stupid. and then, yeah, she went out for the mri and within about 45 minutes, the doctor had come back off. so when she said it s not a brain tumour, i was doing cartwheels almost, i was so excited. and then, when she said, metachromatic leukodystrophy, obviously no one s ever heard of that. and as soon as she left, jake googled it and i could tell by his face that it wasn t good news. you see the water?
very theatrical, wasn t she? everything was all. every morning, i would do a little instagram video. and everybody would message and just say how she brightens their day, makes their day, because she was just so funny. she was just a completely normal toddler. but by then, she had started showing signs her walking had got uneven, she had started falling over more often, and the tremor had also started. these were the first signs that something was wrong. i was convinced she had a brain tumour, and everyone was telling me i was being stupid. and then, yeah, she went out for the mri and within about 45 minutes, the doctor had come back off. so when she said it s not a brain tumour, i was doing cartwheels almost, i was so excited. and then, when she said, metachromatic leukodystrophy, obviously no one s ever heard of that. and as soon as she left,
jake googled it and i could tell by his face that it wasn t good news. you see the water? metachromatic leukodystrophy mld is a single gene disorder. both jake and ally are carriers of the faulty gene, but are unaffected. each child they have has a one in four risk of inheriting both copies of the faulty gene, and so having the condition. wow, wow! tests showed that, like nala, teddi has mld. i thought to myself, it was like, it can t happen again, with a one in four chance, we can t be that unlucky. we ve been unlucky enough for it to happen the first time. but when we found out, it was just, again, just heartbreaking. around one in 100 of us carries