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5-year-old Broncos fan with Menkes disease wins T.J. Ward’s ‘Boss of the Month’ award

DENVER —  Rolling onto the field at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, 5-year-old Miles Taylor is not suppose to be here.

On a sunny Colorado afternoon as the Broncos were warming up to play the Kansas City Chiefs, Miles’ mother, Beth, recalled the intense first few months of his life.

The period of seizures every two minutes, the multiple end of life conversations and the diagnosis of Menkes. It’s a rare disease that is usually fatal by the age of 3.

Now he is an advocate for early diagnosis and a cure. Efforts that won’t save him but have already saved others. Which is why he found himself on the Broncos sideline.

Kami Carmann explains why T.J. Ward made Miles his “Boss of the Month” award winner.

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