Olivia Futrell: Alopecia Unknown

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Olivia Futrell seemed to be an ordinary seven-year- old. That is, until February of this year, when her parents noticed a small patch of hair missing from the back of her head. Unsure of what to make of it, the Futrell's waited, not knowing if it was a typical child mishap, or something more serious. When the small bald patch grew, however, and more hair began to fall out in clumps, Heather and her husband, Jarid, took little Olivia to the doctor, in the