The Arizmendi family lives in Merrillville, Indiana and is made up of parents Vince and Heather Arizmendi and their children Molly, a 6-year-old daughter; Owen, their 5-year-old son who was diagnosed with Krabbe disease in May of 2019; and their late daughter Evelyn, who was born on September 6, 2014, and went to heaven on April 16, 2018, after being diagnosed with Krabbe disease in 2015, with no treatment available. Because of his big sister, Owen received a cord blood transplant (CBT) in June of 2019 at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago and is now thriving; he is walking, active, talkative, and a very happy little boy who is obsessed with the Buffalo Bills.

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