“Today my son has quality of life”: a mother's account of rare disease
my name is Dina Pinheiro da Silva and I'm the mother of Kalebi Júlio Martins, my 9-year-old boy, who was born on June 16, 2016. We lived in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, and a few months ago our life changed a diagnosis that took years to arrive: Duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD), a rare...
July 21, 2025
