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Newsday
"A LITTLE GIRL'S FIGHT TO LIVE"
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Alejandra Villa
Newsday

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"A LITTLE GIRL'S FIGHT TO LIVE"

5 year-old Marisa Carney is one of only 75 children worldwide to be diagnosed with a childhood disease (Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation, ROHHAD for short) that triggers uncontrollable obesity and extreme sleep apnea. By choking off the supply of oxygen to vital organs, the condition puts kids at serious risk of permanent brain damage — or death.