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The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son

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  The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son. “A renowned geneticist races against time to diagnose a malady that landed at his door… A complex, well-related story of medical detective work.” --KIRKUS   At the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep in his room became unbearable. The Puzzle Solver follows several years in which he desperately sought answers from specialist after specialist, where at one point his 6...