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Hi Parents of Menkes boys!

We thought we'd use this web page to start posting some of the specifics about our Jack and maybe there will be a few things to help you better deal with the challenges you and your Menkes sons will face.

NOTE: We are not health care professionals and consider the below comments to be personal reflections on choices we made/make.  We accept NO liability for your choices.  Talk to your own doctors before making a change to your son's treatments or care.

bulletHere's a religious reflection about our son's purpose in life.
bulletJack's Medical Journey and Story.
bulletHere's a link to our blog about searching for a Miracle Max healer.
bulletTired of Repetition?!?! Try pre-printing a medical info/emergency page.
bulletConstipation.
bulletFormula and Feeding.
bulletFeeding Tube?  To Tube or Not to Tube.
bulletCopper Histidine
bulletHospice Care
bulletDevelopmental Goals
bulletSuction Machine
bulletHelplessness
bulletLinking to other Menkes parents:
bulletThe Menkes Foundation
bullet Yahoo Discussion Groups for Menkes Parents
bulletMenkes Education
bulletFor a brief review of MKHS, you can read:  Genes and Disease.
bulletThis is the web site provided by Dr. Stephen Kaler, the doctor who is in charge of the National Institutes of Health's study on Copper Histidine Therapy for Menkes Disease.  It is the most thorough and practical that I have yet seen: 
eMedicine Journal, June 8, 2006, Volume 7, Number 6.
bulletFollowing is the web site our neurologist gave to us on July 26th.  Interestingly, this article is ALSO authored by the same Dr. Stephen Kaler.
National Institute of Health's GENETests.