Six-year-old girl is aging backward due to rare disease that gradually paralyzes and blinds her READ MORE: Mom devastated as BOTH kids have rare 'childhood Alzheimer's' By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:42 EDT, 28 June 2024 | Updated: 16:54 EDT, 28 June 2024 e-mail View comments Just months ago, Khloe Garcia was running, jumping, and playing like any other kindergartener. Now, at six years old, she now relies on a walker and thick glasses to move around and see.
Her teachers believe it will only be another year before she can no longer walk at all. Khloe, from Nashville, was diagnosed last year with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that attacks the brain and nervous system, stealing her ability to walk, talk, see, and feed herself. Doctors compare it to aging backwards .
Ultimately, the disease is fatal, and the only known treatment can over $4million. Khloe's father David Garcia now fears that his daughter, who just graduated from kindergarten, will only have so few milestones left. Khloe Garcia, 6, was diagnosed with Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare genetic disease that will leave her unable to walk, talk, or feed herself Khloe's father, David Garcia, and her teachers noticed she started having trouble walking and jumping last year.
Within weeks, she could barely close her backpack 'Every single day I have to watch my daughter and I have to find out a way to stop this disease,' he told local news station WSMV . Met.
