Eva Balcells, a 4-year-old with a rare genetic flaw in her mitochondria, played at home last month as her mother, Cristy, looked on.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Power outage
'You think, "My daughter is 4 - she shouldn't have these problems." But if you were 94, you'd say, "That's part of aging." '
Eva Balcells, a 4-year-old with a rare genetic flaw in her mitochondria, played at home last month as her mother, Cristy, looked on.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
HINGHAM - Eva Balcells giggles happily as she plays on the floor, but the 4-year-old moves with the deliberate caution of a frail elderly person, her arm trembling as she reaches in slow motion to grasp a toy car. (Full article: 1009 words)
This article is available in our archives:
Globe Subscribers
FREE for subscribers
Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.
Not a subscriber?
Non-Subscribers
Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More
- $4.95 1 article
- $9.95 4 articles
- $25.95 Monthly
Waiting for twitter.com to feed in the latest...