PMD Family Support
PMD Family Support
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  • What is PMD?
    • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD)
    • PMD vs SPG2 and PMLD
  • Newly Diagnosed?
  • Living with PMD
  • Annual Conference
    • 2025 Conference Registration
    • 2025 Annual Conference
    • 2022 Annual Conference
    • 2020 & 2021 Annual Conference
    • 2019 Annual Conference
    • 2018 Annual Conference
    • 2017 Annual Conference
    • 2016 Annual Conference
    • 2015 Annual Conference
    • 2014 Annual Conference
    • We Attend Because...
    • More Past Conference Photos
  • Family Stories
  • Our Angels
  • Cruise For The Cause
    • 2018 Cruise
  • Fundraisers & Donations
  • Daviau Family Story
  • Research
    • Participate
    • FAQs
  • Links & Downloads
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Busch Family

My son Garrett is the only one in our Family with PMD.....I am a carrier.  My 24 year old daughter is not a carrier, my 21 year old daughter has not been tested yet.

Garrett is 16 and was diagnosed back in 2011 I believe.  We went to a new neurologist after being frustrated with our neuro.  The new neuro ordered up a new MRI since Garrett hadn't had one since he was 4 months old when he was diagnosed with "an injury to his brain".  We had extensive testing done during the 1st year of his life....all came back with nothing.  We even sent his MRI to Dr. Hoda I believe from Wayne State University , and he didn't believe it was PMD, but our neuro at the time was suspicious.  Over the years we did more metabolic testing and still no results.


But finally this new neuro had us do the specific testing for PMD and I guess the science was better this time around as well and we got the positive result. Garrett was always classified as CP with an unknown injury to his brain maybe while in utero? 


Garrett loves loves loves his iPad I don't know what he would do without it...he loves to go out in his gait trainer and explore, and loves to propel himself in his wheelchair.  He's very nosy so he's always curious about new surroundings and just loves to check it out!

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PMD Family Support Est. 1990
525 S. Harris Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46222