Waiting for Superman : one family's struggle to survive - and cure - chronic fatigue syndrome
White, Tracie2023
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For the past six years, Whitney Dafoe has been confined to a bedroom in the back of his parents' home, unable to walk, eat or speak. His diagnosis? The mysterious disease myalgic encephalomyeletis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) which affects 20 million people around the world largely suffer in silence because the condition is little known and much misunderstood. 'Waiting for Superman' follows Whitney's father, the groundbreaking geneticist Ron Davis, whose research helped crack the code of DNA, as he uncovers new possibilities for treatments and potentially a cure. At its heart, this book is about more than just cutting-edge research or a race to find an answer - it's about the lengths to which a parent will go to save their child's life.
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White, Tracie, author
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Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2023.
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240 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781911630623 (pbk)
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English
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BRN:
2345338
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