here was not another good copy of the gene to counteract your mutated copy. This "bad" gene prevents Michael from producing the protein called "dystrophin". Without this protein, muscle fibre breaks down and is unable to function properly. This is NOT your fault honey. There is nothing that could have been done to prevent this. There was a fifty-fifty chance that Michael was going to be born with the disease. We are lucky enough to have wonderful doctor that did the test to check on Michael. His elevated blood level of muscle enzyme was detectable when he was born. This led to the conclusion that he was affected with DMD. We found a specialist whom has helped us to the best of medicine's ability. Michael is living his life as close to a "normal" child's as possible.
             Remember all the times that Michael would try to walk but couldn't? Aren't you glad that we knew to expect that? We knew that, like most children
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