PHILADELPHIA - May is NF Awareness Month and if you're in Philly Thursday you'll notice something very special in honor of a local baby girl.Boathouse Row, the Ben Franklin Bridge, One and Two Liberty, the Melon Bank Center and several other buildings in Center City are all glowing pink.It's because pink was 17-month-old Mila Gray Roomberg'sfavorite color.
Mila battled Neurofibromatosis Type 1.It's a genetic disorder occurring in one in every 3,000 births, while some people who have NF inherit the gene from their parents, others, like Mila are the first in their family to have it.Symptoms can include benign tumors and skeletal abnormalities and in Mila's extremely rare case, vascular issues leading to high blood pressure.Mila lived a very.