Community comes together for local 1-year-old boy battling Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – A community came together Saturday for a 1-year-old Fort Wayne boy who is battling a rare, severe, and progressive genetic mitochondrial disease.

Kyler Rupright was diagnosed with Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome shortly after his first birthday in February.

The condition causes frequent intractable seizures, developmental regression, liver disease, and more…

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