MAX LAUTZENHEISER
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - AUGUST 29, 2008
Marci Lautzeneiser takes a moment to wipe away tears as she prepares to make funeral arrangements the following day for her six-year old son Max on August 29, 2008. Max suffers from a rare terminal syndrome called Toriello-Carey. The Lautzenheisers received the diagnosis in May 2008 with information that Max may be the oldest boy to have ever lived with the syndrome. (Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans/Fort Collins Coloradoan)