Friday, February 27, 2009

Keep in your Prayers...

I usually keep this blog totally Amelia-focused, but I'm making an exception today.

There's a family to keep in your prayers today, the parents of little twin girls, Sydney and Carynne. They received a diagnosis of Werdnig-Hoffman disease, a form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, shortly before their 5 month birthday. They would have been 6 months old today. Instead, their parents are attending their funeral. I do not know the family, but know a few ladies that know the mother, Brook.

Today, in honor of two gorgeous girls that were otherwise happy and healthy up until a month ago, folks across the US (including Miss Amelia) are wearing pink.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the #1 genetic killer of children. If this cause sounds like something you could support, please sign this petition: http://www.petitiontocuresma.com/. One thing I found significant was that advances towards curing this genetic abnormality could have an impact in curing several other major diseases.

1 comment:

Psalmwriter2008 said...

We will definitly keep them in our prayers. Mom