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Good Connections

Mike Ransdell | MIKE RANSDELL | THE KANSAS CITY STAR

David Delzell, 10, has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease. His family and friends are participating in a competition to win money for research.

Quest for a cure takes a mother online

11:00 PM CDT

At 8:30 one recent night, Wendy Delzell made sure her 10-year-old son, David, was settled in his bedroom for sleep. Then she walked into the next room, sat down at her computer and went to work finding a cure for Fanconi anemia — the rare disease David has had since birth.