This case would have came to an accurate conclusion had the case been treated with more thorough analysis and patience.
When Patricia’s 2ndchild was born he was diagnosed with MMA. A rare metabolic disease that has similar symptoms to what Ryan was having before he passed. There is a compound found in MMA that could have been misidentified as ethylene glycol called propionic acid. These two chemicals have similar characteristics such as both being colorless, combustible and moderately toxic if ingested or absorbed. These two chemicals can be easily mixed up, especially when one is expecting to find ethylene glycol and not knowing of the possibility of another substance being present. The handling of the blood work is also very susceptible to human error. The laboratory used to originally test Ryan’s blood used a method called GC-MS, which its accuracy on results depends strongly on the technician’s skill and interpretation of data. Further testing was done on a sample of Ryan’s blood and our