Frankfort 2-year-old, family fight rare genetic disorder

Often we are defined by the challenges that we face.

For Frankfort resident  Shannon Janeliunas and her husband Bob, their defining moment came in November 2015, when their then barely one-year-old son Colton was diagnosed with Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome, a rare disease that has as few as 700 reported cases worldwide.

“Colton was our miracle child; he was not planned,” Janeliunas said of her son. “The pregnancy was normal and good, and both he and I were doing well throughout.”