A man has taken a vitally important shipment of special baby formula in yet another Internet-age case of a package removed from a porch by someone other than the owner. This case occurred in west-end Toronto and the product in question was a specialized baby formula meant for a child with a rare kidney disease. For reasons unexplained, the CTV story showing this video has the face of the man who took the formula shaded apparently to prevent identification. It’s not mentioned why this might have been done or by whom. The child, Emily, was born with bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney disease, a rare illness in which the kidneys don’t work properly and produce no urine. Emily is fed through a gastric tube and is given a special medical formula called Nephea Kid that helps balance the electrolytes in her body. Without it, her mother Rita said, Emily’s electrolytes become imbalanced – a problem that could lead to hospitalization. The baby formula in question follows a lengthy route of delivery from Germany to a BC retailer and is said to take about two weeks to deliver.
