El Paso 12-year-old fights rare illness as family prays for miracle

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 12-year-old boy is battling against a rare illness at El Paso Children’s Hospital.

Ruth Marquez said her son Aydan Isaiah Marquez was diagnosed with Autoimmune Encephalitis a few days ago after multiple visits to the ER with different diagnoses.

“First hospital said it was a UTI and then Saturday they said it was a strep throat and then from there that’s when he got worse,” Marquez said…

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