Menkes syndrome is a lethal genetic disease. There is no available cure for the disease and all treatment can only help with symptoms. The only common treatment for this disease are intravenous copper injections, but these tend to have mixed results and are only effective if started very early. Most patients with Menkes die between 1 to 3 years of age. The only patients who survive Menkes are those whose genes mutated differently and while they still suffer the symptoms, they may continue to live with supplementary copper injections.
From this information we conclude that poor little Rick died a baby. The only positive news is that since he died, his parents probably won’t try to reproduce again and this affected bloodline will cease to exist. This is pure cruel Darwin’s survival of the fittest.
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