The Texas Mom Who Custom-Ordered Mice to Save Her Son

One recent Sunday morning in Frisco, Amber Freed called out to her son, Maxwell, who was playing upstairs with his twin sister, Riley, and a babysitter. Twenty-five other parents, logged on to a videoconference from places as far off as Belgium and France, wanted to meet him.The eight-year-old with sandy blond hair soon entered the room, dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans, and climbed onto his mother’s lap. “If you stay and answer questions, you can have two desserts today,” Freed told him. One of the 25 parents asked his favorite color (“rainbow”) and another what he thought of his new bed (“good”). Then Freed prompted him to tell them his favorite dance song. He was quiet for a moment. “Why don’t you sing part…

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