


Seeing how high she can go on the swings at Kimball Hill School in Rolling Meadows, Caroline Provost soars under the watchful eye of her protective aide, Michelle Whiteside. The girl's skin is so fragile that she needs padded mittens to keep the chains from blistering her hands.
JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer



Trying to resist the temptation to scratch the constantly itchy blisters on her arm, Caroline Provost, 8, watches her mom, Adrienne Provost, gently remove the protective bandages the girl wears day and night. Changing the wrappings every day is a painful two-hour ordeal.
JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer



A newborn at the hospital eight years ago, Caroline Provost's delicate skin is wrapped in bandages.
Photo courtesy the Provost family.
















