LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — In an unassuming Omaha neighborhood, there’s a 7-year-old boy with a handful of loves.
“He really loves to watch volleyball, he loves a cold Sprite, he loves, probably, most every food we give him,” Teddy’s parents said. “He loves the spinning fan.”
Teddy lives with DUP15Q — a genetic chromosome disorder without a cure.
“The kids end up with developmental delay and about 80% of the kids have epilepsy. In the cohort of kids with epilepsy, it’s drug-resistant epilepsy,” Teddy’s mom Liz said. “He also experiences intellectual and developmental disabilities. And that will be a lifelong diagnosis for him and for us.”
A difficult diagnosis, but Teddy’s doctors think medical cannabis could help.
According to the Bronson’s, one child in Nebraska is born with Teddy’s c

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