A North Carolina couple are watching a mystery illness plague their four-year-old son, which has caused him to have six strokes already in his short life.
Caelon Arthur, 4, has an illness that has baffled medical researchers across the world.
He has suffered six strokes since birth - the latest one five weeks ago was the most dangerous one to date.
He has been left blind in his left eye and is each time forced to relearn precious life skills.
He has also been forced to endure countless painful tests, including a brain biopsy, as doctors race against time to find out what it is.
'Every test we’ve done to try to identify a cause of stroke has come up normal,' Dr. Tim Gershon, a pediatric neurologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, told Today.
Caelon's father Tony, an army veteran of 20 years and a firefighter, mother Jennifer and older sister Taylor have watched him struggle through the six attacks.
He has daily hospital appointments and takes a fistful of tablets every day.
He has been paralyzed down his right side and left unable to talk three times but keeps bouncing back to the wonder of those around him
'He's an inspiration to me. There’s nothing about him that has the word 'quit' in it," Mr Arthur told NBC.
'It's kinda rough to watch. It's heartbreaking that you can't do anything.'
'He's an amazing child - nothing bothers him,' Mrs Arthur told WNCN.COM
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