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SERIOUS.
DEBILITATING.
TONIGHT I WANT YOU TO MEET A
FLORIDA FAMILY WHO KNOWS ALL TOO
WELL WITH THE FUTURE IS LIKE FOR
BABIES TOUCHED BY ZIKA.
>> WE LOVE TO GO THRIFTING,
THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO DO
TOGETHER.
TIFFANY: LISA AND DARYLE KOLTAY
SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER THAN
MOST MOTHERS AND SONS.
>> THE NEUROLOGIST SAID DARYLE
WOULD HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD AND
THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN VERY
DIFFICULT.
TIFFANY: WHEN DARYLE WAS BORN 19
YEARS AGO, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
MICROCEPHALY, A CONDITION IN
WHICH A BABY'S HEAD IS
SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER DUE TO
ABNORMAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.
IT THE SAME BIRTH DEFECT NOW
LINKED TO THE ZIKA VIRUS.
>> I WAS DEVASTATED.
VERY DEVASTATED.
I CRIED AND CRIED.
THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF HIS
LIFE HE DID NOT SPEAK.
THROUGH FRUSTRATION, HE WOULD
BITE, SCREAM AND KICK.
TIFFANY: TODAY, DARYLE LIVES
>> HERE.
TAKE THAT BOX.
OPEN IT UP.
HOME.
>> IS THAT THE MOVIE THEATER
ONE?
>> NO.
BUT IN MANY WAYS HE IS A
TYPICAL TEENAGER.
>> HE IS VERY FASHIONABLE.
>> YOU CAN SEE MY JEWELRY RIGHT
THERE.
>> OH, MY, LOOK AT ALL THIS
JEWELRY.
I HAVE THE SKULL.
TIFFANY: THROUGH HARD WORK,
DARYLE HAS LEARNED TO
COMMUNICATE.
STILL, HE HAS THE MENTAL
CAPACITY OF A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD.
HIGHLIGHTS THE DANGERS OF THE
ZIKA VIRUS.
IT'SSLIFE CHANGING BIRTH DEFECT.
SO, PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO TAKE
IT SERIOUSLY.
TERRI: HOW SERIOUSLY DO WE NEED
TO BE TAKING ZIK
>> IN THE LONG TERM WE NEED TO
BE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
MICHAEL FARZZN AT SCRIPPS
FLORIDA IN JUPITER ARE RIGHT NOW
WORKING ON DEVELOPING AND
IMPROVING AASAFE ZIKA VACCINE.
>> WE ARE ALSO MOVING INTO A
ZIKA LAB HERE.
TIFFANY: FARZAN EXPECTS THAT ONE
DAY, LOCAL MOSQUITOES WILL BE
CARRYING ZIKA.
HAVE A LOCAL ZIKA OUTBREAK THIS
YEAR, BUT WE DO NEED TO KEEP AN
EYE ON IT.
THE ONLY REAL QUESTION IS WHICH
YEAR WILL THAT OCCUR.
>> IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES.
I JUST KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH.
TIFFANY: DARYLE AND HIS MOM NOW
FACE THE SAME STRUGGLES.
>> DON'T WE, DARYLE?
>> YEAH.
>> WE NEED A LOT MORE.
SUPPLIES TO BRAZIL, THE
EPICENTER OF THE ZIKA OUTBREAK.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT?
I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
TERRI: YOU GOING TO HELP THE
BABIES?
YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THEM.
>> I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF
HE'S A FIGHTER.
HE DOES NOT GIVE UP.
HE HAS A LOT TO GIVE BACK, AND
THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.
YES, AND HE HAS A PURPOSE.
AND HE'S HAPPY.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
TIFFANY: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW
FOR CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED DARYLE'S
CONDITION.
THERE ARE OTHER CAUSES OF
MICROCEPHALY, INCLUDIN
INFECTIONS, MALNUTRITION, OR
EXPOSURE TO TOXINS.
MEANWHILE, DARYLE AND HIS MOM
CAMPAIGN, WHICH YOU CAN LEARN