Lorenzo's Oil Movie Essay

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Nursing Diagnosis
 Lorenzo was not feeding properly, due to impaired swallowing which results in neuromuscular impairment.
Interventions
 Brain MRIs needs to be monitored for children’s every six to twelve months for identify the early signs of disease progression.
 Make sure that the parents/caregivers providing required health maintenance to Lorenzo’s diet/supplements on schedule.
 Always keeping Lorenzo happy doing the things which he like reading books or playing music.
 Confirm that Lorenzo is getting the required exercise/range of motion on a timely manner.
 Remind and taking care of Lorenzo’s medication on time as per the instructions.
 Provide required information to Lorenzo’s caregivers and parents about the importance of recommendation to keep the low fat
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 This movie also shows, how much a family loves their kid in order to treat him from this deadly disease.
 Their dedicated research find the medicine for a deadly disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and they named after the medicine their own sons name as “Lorenza’s Oil”.
 It also shows all the struggles which Lorenzo’s parents are facing, including the personal /family struggles of Augusto and Michaela Odone when they try to find a solution for ALD to comfort their own son
 After their relentless research, Augusto and Michaela able to discover olive oil and rapeseed can slow the development of the disease.
 Lorenzo Odone died at the age of 30, the next day after his 30th birthday on May 30, 2008 at Fairfax, VA. He has died in his sleep and his parents and their long time friend Omouri was also near to Lorenzo’s bed when he passed away.
 Even until now, there are no 100 % cure medicine find it out for ALD and it still need more research to identify a perfect cure for the

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