1st grader creates comic for teaching about genetic disorders
Fox-9 has an article about another youngster who's created his own comic for teaching about physical problems, at about 6 years of age:
Emmett was diagnosed with Hemophilia A a couple of years ago after he came home from school complaining of knee pain.The young guy's certainly proven he's got creative ideas, so congratulations to him for conceiving this comic.
It turned out he had a long-term bleed caused by a deficiency of a blood clotting protein called Factor 8.
He couldn't get around without a walker or wheelchair for 2 months and had to have physical therapy to rebuild his strength.
"The way he usually describes it is that it's just normal. Everything's normal. He can do everything a normal kid can. It's just that if he gets hurt, it might be an emergency," said Melissa.
A few months ago, Emmett decided to make his own comic book about the rare genetic disorder.
In it, a river of blood is heading towards Hemophliatown and the superhero Factor 8 is missing.
So another superhero named Hemlibra, after the medicine that replaces the missing Factor 8 in Emmett's body, swoops in to save the day.
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