Explanation on nephew's illness..

I just wanted to share what exactly is wrong with my dear nephew.

He was born with marfans disease which he inherited from his father.
(An inherited connective tissue disorder with characteristic skeletal, dermatological, cardiac, aortic, ocular and dural malformations. Caused by a variety of mis-sense mutations in gene encoding for fibrillin 1, an elastin-matrix glycoprotein essential for the formation of cellular microfibrils. The gene is located on long arm of chromosome 15. Pattern of transmission is autosomal dominant with complete penetrance. There is much variation in genotype. Phenotype varies within and between families with the same genetic abnormality, leading to protean and variable manifestations of the condition in given individuals).

Symptoms The condition can be asymptomatic. Patients are disproportionately tall and thin with unusually long arms and legs compared to their trunk (dolichostenomelia) and a 'cadaverous' physique. They often have long 'spidery' fingers and toes (arachnodactyly).

Hope that explains a little about marfan's for you ..

Now ontop of this he has already had one hernia operation when he was just a few months old. This went relatively smoothely and healed well.

Now he has a another HERNIA which has prevented him from feeding and also effects his breathing a little. He has a main tube feed which only specialist doctors and nurses can put in and is on a high calorie drip to help gain weight . As he is not strong enough yet to cope with operation.He has tubes coming out of eveywhere the poor thing.
His diaphram is perferated and stomach is squished through it, so stomach is either side of diaphram. I cannot explain it any clearer than this I am afraid.

Please continue praying for him as he is a frail thing fighting to stay alive...