The Odone Family In The Film Lorenzo's Oil

The movie Lorenzo’s Oil is about a young boy named Lorenzo who gets a genetic disorder from his mother called ALD. Adrenoleukodystrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by the loss of myelin. In the film Lorenzo's family the Odones faith leads to the cure that saves their boy and makes medical history. It’s a based on a true story film with a family who battled against the odds to save their son's life.

The family's courage and persistence for Lorenzo did inspire me because they never gave up. The Scientist told him he was going to die in a couple months and there is no cure but they never gave up and they tried to find a way. The family inspired me to never give up, even if everybody says it’s not possible. The parents were not doctors and they still managed to find a cure for their son which was seemed impossible because doctors couldn’t find the cure. …show more content…
Other parents whose kids were suffering from ALD were waiting for the doctors to find a cure. Other parents didn’t do as much as the Odone family. What’s different about the Odone family is that they went out of their way and actually tried to help their son, they weren’t doctors but they still believed they can find the cure. Michaela should not have felt guilty that it was her genes that contained the defect that caused Lorenzo to have ALD because she didn’t know it existed and she didn’t know it was passed down from her mother to her. If i was a carrier of ALD i would not want to have a child because i would not want to put my kid through that suffering. It would make a difference if i knew i was having a girl or boy because only boys will have a chance of getting ALD. You should not be prevented from having a child by law because it’s you choice if you want to deal with