Open in App
  • Local
  • Headlines
  • Election
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Education
  • Real Estate
  • Newsletter
    • Faribault Daily News

    Faribault family finds hope, community after daughter's rare diagnosis

    By By COLTON KEMP,

    1 days ago

    Winding up Chris Delesha’s arm is a tattoo of a chemical structure — meaningless to most, but one that changed his family’s life forever.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=48nLmI_0vzITEUs00
    Vivian Delesha, 6, smiles with her wall of art Friday at her house in Faribault. The powder in her daily supplement for tyrosine coats her teeth and eats away at the enamel, but the gap in the front is just a lost baby tooth. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4AOKBq_0vzITEUs00
    Vivian Delesha, 6, rides a horse back in September during the 2024 NOTA Experience at the Rocking Horse Ranch in New York. (Photo courtesy of Chris Delesha)
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3XLtK2_0vzITEUs00
    Vivian Delesha, 6, slurps up some spaghetti made specially for those with tyrosinemia early Friday evening at her home in Faribault. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0D2s28_0vzITEUs00
    Chris Delesha, of Faribault, whips up some special marinara sauce and spaghetti noodles early Friday evening for 6-year-old Vivian Delesha, who was diagnosed with tyrosinemia type 1 shortly after she was born. The rare genetic disorder disrupts the metabolism of the amino acid tyrosine, and Vivian is unable to eat food with protein because of it. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4ZQfJ8_0vzITEUs00
    Vivian Delesha, 6, climbs a rock wall during the 2024 NOTA Experience at Rocking Horse Ranch in New York in September. (Photo courtesy of Chris Delesha)
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3kyz8b_0vzITEUs00
    All seven packets of powdery protein supplement is mixed into a bottle of water that 6-year-old Vivian Delesha has to drink every day to help supplement the protein she’s unable to metabolize due to her condition. She also has to take the two pills seen here Friday at her house in Faribault. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)

    Expand All
    Read in NewsBreak
    Comments /
    Add a Comment
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Local News newsLocal News
    Man Sees A Bobcat Carrying Something In Her Mouth And Decides To Follow Her
    happywhisker.com2 days ago
    14-year-old girl, who said her 79-year-old grandmother was “already dying” and she “helped her die” after beating the woman to death using a walker and a belt, will be tried as an adult
    Dayton Daily Mag4 days ago
    Remains of Michigan woman, 68, who disappeared during vacation, found in stomach of shark
    Fox News1 day ago
    Owners Leave Dog Tied To A Tree Deep In The Woods To Prevent Her From Following Them Home
    pupvine.com13 hours ago
    Former Minnesota State Trooper booked into jail on manslaughter charges
    WCCO News Talk 8301 day ago
    Toddler found dead in a pushchair in a bathroom had suffered ‘cruel’ abuse
    The Independent10 hours ago
    Pennsylvania Man Beheaded His Own Dad Trying to 'Perform A Citizen's Arrest': Police
    lawyerherald.com2 days ago
    Entire city of St. Augustine, other parts of St. Johns County ordered to evacuate
    Jacksonville Today8 hours ago
    Feast on Crab at the Dungeness Crab Festival This Weekend
    Maria Shimizu Christensen7 hours ago
    Minnesotans in Florida brace for Hurricane Milton
    CBS Minnesota2 days ago
    This Little 10-Pound Shih Tzu Is Searching For Love
    Camilo Díaz6 hours ago
    Deputy killed in car crash while responding to accident
    Robert Russell Shaneyfelt5 days ago
    Veteran Jacksonville police officer charged with kidnapping, stalking woman
    Jacksonville Today25 days ago
    The Suicide of Lea Nikki Bacharach, Daughter of Angie Dickinson & Burt Bacharach: 17 Sad Years Later
    Herbie J Pilato5 days ago
    Raven-Symoné Reveals She Threw Out Her Louis Vuitton Shoes After Pooping Her Pants
    OK Magazine1 day ago
    Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, but risks ease in Jacksonville
    Jacksonville Today3 hours ago
    Why Your Neighbors Are Suddenly Stockpiling Canned Goods (And What You Should Know)
    jackandkitty.com1 day ago
    This Tiny Chihuahua Is Searching For A Home
    Camilo Díaz20 days ago
    The Black Hills are thick with lions. But those that leave are unlikely to repopulate the East, study finds.
    WyoFile9 days ago
    Cruise Ship Crew Members Fired After Casino Plot Costs Cruise Line $100,000
    J. Souza28 days ago
    ‘Hit the two adults first’: Police claim that after the woman discovered her fiancé was having an affair, she manipulated him into killing her lover and her family.
    thetransferportalcfb.com1 day ago
    Earth Will Have a "Second Moon" for 57 Days: What does this mean?
    M Henderson5 days ago
    In Memory of 'The Jeffersons' Actor Paul Benedict ('Mr. Bentley'): 16 Years After His Tragic Death
    Herbie J Pilato9 days ago
    This Is Why Idaho Is The State People Are Least Likely To Move Away From
    Shop with Me Mama21 days ago
    Vision screenings for driver’s license renewals will be required in ’25 to enhance driver safety
    Northern Kentucky Tribune19 days ago
    Aurora closes pallet community for homeless, slashing shelter space
    David Heitz2 days ago
    Police seek man on attempted homicide charge in Columbia County
    The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel1 day ago
    Missing Montana horseback rider Meghan Rouns found dead in lake days after horse, phone found, sheriff says
    New York Post1 day ago
    Life-Saving Medication Manufactured in FL Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination
    Uncovering Florida17 days ago
    New law allows tenants to report on-time rent payments to help credit score
    The HD Post15 days ago

    Comments / 0

    Community Policy