Lilsmom

My blogs

Gender	Female
Location	Arizona, United States
Introduction	I am a Mommy to an AMAZING little Girl Lilyan. She was diagnosed with Mitochondrial disease at 12 months old. Mitochondrial diseases result from failures of the mitochondria, specialized compartments present in every cell of the body except red blood cells. Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90% of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support growth. When they fail, less and less energy is generated within the cell. Cell injury and even cell death follow. If this process is repeated throughout the body, whole systems begin to fail, and the life of the person in whom this is happening is severely compromised. This blog is all about Life with Lily and her fight against Mito.