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For some families, the answer may be institutional care. If the child lives in a world of his own and you can't reach him, I suppose there's nothing else to do. But if it can be managed somehow, my wife and I believe he belongs at home.

Keeping a boy like Eddie at home takes a lot of faith and endless hard work. At the beginning, you keep hoping the doctors are wrong. Then you adjust -- you learn to accept it. And in the end you find your reward, watching your offspring grow and nourish as much as nature will allow. And you remember -- love is all that matters.