Father Created A Drug To Save His Son From A Rare Disease, Now Other Families Are Desperate To Get It

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Father Created A Drug To Save His Son From A Rare Disease, Now Other Families Are Desperate To Get It

At first glance, a parent’s greatest worry might seem to be the usual—school grades, broken toys, or the occasional scraped knee. But for Michael Pirovolakis, his battle for his son’s future was anything but ordinary. When doctors delivered the devastating news that his young son, Michael Jr., was destined to be paralyzed by age 10 and potentially quadriplegic by age 20, his world came crashing down. The prognosis was grim—there was no cure, no …