Odone
Lorenzo Odone Lorenzo Odone, at five years old, was an intelligent and lively child. He had command of three languages and had spent three years of his life in the Comoros Islands in East Africa. In December of 1983, five months before his sixth birthday his behavior began to change. At school he became disruptive and began to throw tantrums for apparently no reason at all. Concerned, Lorenzo�s teachers notified his parents, Augusto and Michaela Odone. They
Lorenzo's Oil
The movie Lorenzo's Oil is about a boy, his family and their struggles to stick together through a life threatening disease. A family's togetherness is challenged in the ... then had Lorenzo tested for a variety of things, including psychological and neurological explanations. Finally, Easter weekend of 1984, one month before his sixth birthday, the Washington Children�s Hospital gave a diagnosis. Lorenzo had a rare disease known as Adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD. Adrenoleukodystrophy is a disease that is an �X-linked recessive disorder transmitted by a female carrier and affecting males only� (Douglas 206). In general, the disease is an inborn error that causes degeneration of the brain (Universal). Along with
Lorenzo's Oil
The movie Lorenzo's Oil is about a boy, his family and their struggles to stick together through a life threatening disease. A family's togetherness is challenged in the ... the damage caused to the brain there is insufficient adrenal function (Johnson 537). ALD usually reveals itself when the boy is between five and ten years of age although case studies document onset in children as young as three and as old as twelve. By examining the word Adrenoleukodystrophy it�s meaning is revealed. �Adreno refers to the adrenal glands. The word leukodystrophy derives from the Greek leuko meaning white, and referring to the white matter of the nervous system, and dystrophy, which means imperfect growth or development� (Douglas 206). Some scientists and doctors refer to
Lorenzo's Oil
The movie Lorenzo's Oil is about a boy, his family and their struggles to stick together through a life threatening disease. A family's togetherness is challenged in the ... then had Lorenzo tested for a variety of things, including psychological and neurological explanations. Finally, Easter weekend of 1984, one month before his sixth birthday, the Washington Children�s Hospital gave a diagnosis. Lorenzo had a rare disease known as Adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD. Adrenoleukodystrophy is a disease that is an �X-linked recessive disorder transmitted by a female carrier and affecting males only� (Douglas 206). In general, the disease is an inborn error that causes degeneration of the brain (Universal). Along with
Lorenzo's Oil
The movie Lorenzo's Oil is about a boy, his family and their struggles to stick together through a life threatening disease. A family's togetherness is challenged in the ... the damage caused to the brain there is insufficient adrenal function (Johnson 537). ALD usually reveals itself when the boy is between five and ten years of age although case studies document onset in children as young as three and as old as twelve. By examining the word Adrenoleukodystrophy it�s meaning is revealed. �Adreno refers to the adrenal glands. The word leukodystrophy derives from the Greek leuko meaning white, and referring to the white matter of the nervous system, and dystrophy, which means imperfect growth or development� (Douglas 206). Some scientists and doctors refer to