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Fire Dept. Gives Boy Battling Rare Genetic Disease A Proper Send Off Following Bone Marrow Transplant
Joey Brocato is heading home to Baltimore after being treated at Masonic Children's Hospital.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis finest are celebrating their new friend, a little boy from Baltimore, as he heads home. Doctors at Masonic Children's Hospital have been treating Joey Brocato for a rare genetic disease.
Since July 2021, Joey's been fighting a rare genetic disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). He's been stuck inside for more than a month.
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