Just a few photos from the April Mito Awareness Walk with Rusty's grandson, Brayden.

Mitochondrial disease, which Brayden is affected by, results from failures of the mitochondria, specialized
compartments present in every cell of the body except red blood cells. Mitochondria are responsible for
creating more than 90% of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support growth. When they fail,
less and less energy is generated within the cell. Cell injury and even cell death follow. If this process is
repeated throughout the body, whole systems begin to fail, and the life of the person in whom this is happening
is severely compromised. The disease primarily affects children, but adult onset is becoming more and more common.