Twin Cities Muscle Walk 2013
My Story - In April of 2012, life changed for my family. My only son, Logan was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at age 5. For those unfamiliar with this disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a terminal illness with no known cure that affects one in every 3,600 boys. Muscular dystrophy is caused by a deficiency of the dystrophin protein in the muscles, which slowly progresses over time. On average, boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are robbed of their ability to walk by age ten, and most are lucky to ever reach their late twenties.
Although, this disease has changed my priorities in life, it has not changed my stubbornness and my will to fight! For those that know me best, asking for help has never been a strength of mine but I can't fight this horrible disease alone. Last year, the Muscular Dystrophy Association spent almost 95 million dollars across research projects aimed at finding a cure for over 43 neuromuscular diseases. 2012 proved to be an unprecedented year in positive results towards a cure for muscular dystrophy - but the funding can't go on without donations from people who care and from those whose lives have been touched by a neuromuscular disease.
Please help my son so he can just be a kid!
No child should have to live a shortened life with no hope for a cure.
