TA PRODUCT “I mdefinitely a fighter, andwilltry and Bd walk for as long as Ican.’ researchers and funds devoted to them. With quiet stoicism, the Topics have accepted that modern medi- cine may not have a solution for their daughters’ dis- ease. Still, says Marijana, “Without hope, there’s no life.”

o not wait for the medical industry to care about them. Facing long odds, they are forced to raise money to find a potential cure themselves. But the Topics live by modest means. Maryana runs a daycare center and her husband and the childrens’ father, Niko, works for a lumber com- pany. They are in no pos