Child with no immune system is living in 'bubble' as he awaits a transplant
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Two-year-old Hunter Bruton has spent much of his life in a bubble, of sorts.Born without a thymus, Hunter has no immune system and must stay in his sanitary bedroom most of the time. When he leaves his family’s home in Marshfield, about 30 miles northeast of Springfield, Hunter is in his wheelchair/stroller with a blanket over the top.”Cleaning is all I do,” his mom, Victoria Parker, said. “I disinfect every day.”Hunter’s older […]
