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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.

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.

The young guy's certainly proven he's got creative ideas, so congratulations to him for conceiving this comic.

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