Showing posts with label support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label support. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2010

How Fortunate I Am


While having to remain in the great indoors during this unrelenting Blizzard, I happened across the story of Ty Swensen from St. Anthony, ID.  Ty is a sufferer of CMT and was recently forced to have both of his legs amputated due to a previous bone injury that left his foot seriously infected.  I was deeply touched by the ordeal that Ty has experienced . . . I can't help but think how fortunate I am; I immediately made a donation to the family fundraiser that was recently held at their church community to help pay for his rehabilitation.

Friday, December 18, 2009

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

The CMTA announced today that Congress has passed a $1M bill to begin a national CMT Resource Center for patients and families of patients of CMT.  Finally, a step forward in increasing research for this debilitating disease.