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It was only a week after Beau Friesen was born that his parents knew something was wrong.
Two years later, they still do not know what that is.
Now, the Grunthal, Man., couple are heading to Florida in search of answers.
As an infant, Beau was throwing up and had a distended stomach.
First-time parents Tanner and Jordana Friesen brought him to their family doctor in Steinbach, who, after seeing the symptoms and ordering an X-ray, sent the family to the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg the next morning.
"That was kind of the start of our whirlwind next few weeks and months in our journey," said Tanner.
Up to five times a week, the Friesens drove from their home in Grunthal, about 60 kilometres south of Winnipeg, to visit teams of specialists in gastroenterology, orthopedics, neurology and genetics.
Nobody could determine what was causing the growing number of symptoms.
Beau Friesen was admitted to the Children's Hospital i
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