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mexico and get this. it is just not here, and how we're transferring to the new kind of formula, it takes so long. people do it by teaspoon by teaspoon to try to get them to transition to a new formula so i don't have time to do that. time is running out, so i need this formula to be delivered to us as soon as possible. >> two boys who need this taylor and jax need this specialized formula. and alexis has just eleven days for the boys. alexis, we hope you find it. i know you were searching online. you were on the message boards, you're in these groups with parents, and keep us up to date, we'll stay in touch. thank you. >> thank you. >> my gosh, what a challenge. all right, meanwhile, the military is investigating explosion that injured four u.s. troops in syria. they want to know if it was an inside job. that's next.
alexis beakler says she's terrified because she's running out of a medical grade formula, two of her sons need because of a metabolic condition. alexis is with me now. thank you for spending a few minutes. how much of this formula do you have left, and tell us about pku and why your boys will need to take this formula? >> hi, thanks for having me back. so my two younger sons have pku, which is a metabolic inborn error of metabolism. their bodies can't process one of the amino acids in protein. they can't have anything with protein in it. they get two grams of protein a day, and that's not very much at all. this formula is about 85 to 90% of their daily nutrition because they're so young, so it is critical. we have about i think eleven days left because the company just sent us nine days and thought they did their job, even though we should have had a two-month supply already.