Alondra Diaz ca n’t get enough of Elmo and books , and she adores picture books . The 14-year - old , who must finish high school next week , has several complex and debilitating medical conditions , including epilepsy , microcephaly and a mitochondrial disorder . Her long - standing family of doctors — a neurologist , psychiatrist , psychiatrist , psychologist and others — is primarily based at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , where Diaz lives .
Alondra Diaz can’t get enough of Elmo and Barney, and she adores picture books. The 14-year-old, who will enter high school next week, has several complex and debilitating medical conditions, including epilepsy, microcephaly and a mitochondrial disorder. Her long-standing team of doctors — a neurologist, geneticist, orthopedist, pediatrician and others — is primarily based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where Diaz lives.