6-year-old baby has rare illness, you will be surprised how he lives each day! (photos)

- A university in UK is currently studying
genes of a young boy with one of the rarest
diabetic conditions in the world
- The six year old boy's disease, according
to doctors, occurs once in every 100,000 to
500,000 live births globally
- Her family is living in constant panic, as
every day that passes with Nazeem
Mitchell still alive is a miracle. No cure yet,
but the family desperately needs your help,
and here is why
Nazeem Mitchell from Malibu village was
diagnosed with Neonatal Type One Diabetic
Mellitus about six years ago. Doctors said she
could not survive. Miraculously, the little boy
is still alive.
Mitchell’s disease is so rare that his genes
have been taken for studying at a university
in UK as the researchers and demics try to
understand the course, the symptoms and the
possible cure if any can be found soon.
According to the experts, Neonatal diabetes
occurs just once in every 100,000 to half a
million live births. The condition comes about
when the infants fail to produce enough
insulin, which leads to increase in blood
glucose.
“Every day is a test of endurance for my
family. My child cannot miss even a single
injection or sugar test because that can result
in her body sugar levels dropping or rising
significantly, therefore putting him at risk of
going into a coma and possible death,” says
Shamiela Mitchells, the baby’s mother.
The 26 year old mother also reveals that her
own grandmother was diabetic, became blind
and eventually died not so long ago. Even
more disturbing, the mother is herself a
walking miracle.
“I am HIV positive, have an enlarged heart and
survived breast cancer at the early age of 19,”
she says, as she struggles to stay strong.
Besides the little boy, Shamiela also
reportedly has a three year old daughter that
she takes care of. For this mother, every day
is a battle for survival.
But where is her husband, you may ask. He
allegedly died of meningitis a year ago, after
the family had also lost their firstborn.
The sick little boy, the mother says, is at the
moment being observed by a team of medics
at Tygerberge hospital.
One of the doctors at Tygerberge hospital,
Prof Ekkehard Zollner, recently confirmed
that the boy’s condition had not yet
improved.
“We have sent his DNA to UK for further
examination,” he said.
Since there is no cure yet, the mother says
the boy needs constant monitoring, to the
extent that she has had to quit her job so
that she can take care of her child full time.
She is desperately in need of help.