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This Kid’s Skin Shears Off If He Moves Wrong. He Still Cracks Jokes About It. You Would Too.

Epidermolysis bullosa is a disease I had never heard of until today. 30,000 people in the United States have it. It essentially makes your skin and organs extremely fragile. Children with it have their fingers slowly fused together into mitten shapes. Skin that is cut never heals. Families can spend as much as $14,000 a…

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