Lorenzo's Oil Page #3

- And how did I get it?

- The woman gets it from her mother.

And if I inherited the defect,

why don't I have the disease?

No, the woman is only

the carrier, nothing else.

But with each conception, she has

a 50-50 chance of passing on the defect.

And when that happens...

It's the cruellest kind of genetic lottery.

- Lottery?

- Yes, a clumsy word.

I use it because it's...

so arbitrary, you know.

- No one is to blame.

- Um...

If Michaela's mother had this...

...and her mother's mother...

...why was there no warning?

Well, I suppose if you went back

into the family tree, you'd...

But remember, a short time ago

this disease didn't even have a name.

Mrs Odone, you have enough

to put up with without...

You have nothing to blame yourself for.

Thank you.

It's not a good idea.

All right, so she doesn't want me. What

about Mother? She's packed and ready.

Kenise, Michaela doesn't

want anybody around.

What about Father Killian? He can come.

Hell, no. She's not even

going to Mass now.

- Deirdre, what is happening there?

- Just let it rest, OK?

No. What will they do

for Lorenzo's birthday?

- I'll call you. Bye.

- No. Deirdre!

This is wrong. More than ever

she needs her family here.

She doesn't want nobody.

She's too angry.

We cannot afford the time to be angry.

Come on, look what she's dealing with.

She does not have to deal with it alone.

She feels incredibly alone and unlucky,

like she's been singled out by God.

- Oh, Deirdre!

- Yes! Kenise is a carrier with two girls.

Me, a carrier with no kids at all, and

Mariah has a boy but she's not a carrier.

So only Michaela gets this laid on her.

- This did not happen only to Michaela.

- Sure. You got two kids already, Odone.

Mommy will make you something better:

...a big-boy fruit treat

with five different colours.

She waited all this time to have one

child. She's not gonna have another.

Francesco! Cristina!

- Ah, buongiorno.

- Oh, Francesco!

- Cristina.

- Michaela.

Ciao.

Everyone, this is Lorenzo's sister

and brother, all the way from Rome.

This does not make sense.

Lorenzo's saturated fats have risen.

We eliminate them from his diet,

and in his blood they increase.

If these very long-chain saturated fats

are destroying his mind...

...then surely we should

take him off the diet.

Mr Odone, please be patient.

Your son has been on the diet only six

weeks. Wait until the end of the trial.

Dr Nikolais, what about the other boys?

What results are you seeing in them?

As with Lorenzo, it's too early to tell.

We need the study to run

for the full six months.

That will tell you what

is obvious right now...

...that avoiding apple skins and pizza

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