Fire Dept. Gives Boy Battling Rare Genetic Disease A Proper Send Off Following Bone Marrow Transplant

By Allen Henry, CBS Minnesota:

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis finest are celebrating their new friend, a little boy from Baltimore, as he heads home. Doctors at Masonic Children's Hospital have been treating Joey Brocato for a rare genetic disease.

Since July 2021, Joey's been fighting a rare genetic disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). He's been stuck inside for more than a month.

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