Eliza

Eliza’s vibrant personality shines through in everything she does. She’s a very active and happy girl. She has a unique style and loves to dress up in different hats, clothes, and shoes (often high heels)-whatever she can find. Eliza loves her Dora the Explorer DVDs and books. The zoo is one of her favorite spots to visit. She likes to feed the giraffes and ride the ponies. In the backyard, she enjoys kicking the soccer ball with her big brother and playing “make-believe” in her backyard “tower” (as she calls the playset fort). She loves doing her colors, numbers, and ABCs, and looking through her storybooks, telling us all about them.
~Glenn & Cara, Eliza’s Parents

Sanfilippo Syndrome

Sanfilippo syndrome or mucopolysaccharidosis III (MPS-III) is a rare autosomal recessive
lysosomal storage disease. It is caused by a deficiency in one of the enzymes needed to break
down the glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate. Although undegraded heparan sulfate is the primarily stored substrate, glycolipids such as gangliosides are also stored despite no genetic defect in the enzymes associated with their breakdown. The condition is named for Sylvester Sanfilippo, the pediatrician who first described the disease.

Artist: Ian Mohon