Franklin Building the Body Autoimmune disease can destroy the body of Christ My wife, Colleen, and I have four beautiful children. We love each one dearly. A couple summers ago, my family joined me on a trip to Andrews University where I conducted a Connections seminar. While there, one of our children came down with the flu. That was nothing strange.
All kids get the flu now and then.
So, we took him to the pediatrician who took a blood test. When we arrived at the hospital, the kind staff treated us gently while Kendall went through another series of blood tests. He explained that when a child gets a virus, the body produces antibodies to fight the infection. And sometimes those antibodies attach themselves to the body's own red blood cells. When these red blood cells go through the liver, the body takes one look at them and rejects them through the urine.