GURNEE — Dylan Mudrick looks like other 15-month-old babies. His blue eyes light up when he smiles, and he is at a healthy weight for his age. However, Dylan was diagnosed with a rare disease when he was 4 days old and is now waiting for a liver transplant. When...
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FLORISSANT, Mo. – After a viral video on social media, one St. Louis girl got to live her dream of owning a bakery for the day. On top of that, customers raised enough money for her to have a once in a lifetime treatment, that increases her ability to live....
STETSON, Maine — On a back road in the rural town of Stetson, a bright fuchsia and green RV is hard to miss, standing out against Maine’s bleak November scenery. Printed on the side of this van are a few inspirational quotes, and in larger letters are the words “Whitney...
Football, faith and family play very important roles in the life of Davidson College linebacker Storm Monroe. Storm was just 9 years old in 2010 when he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. GBS is a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves, usually resulting in weakness...
KYLE — After learning that he had a second chance at life, Brandon Higgins wanted to contribute something great for his community. The Kyle resident contracted the rare Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), which is spread through the bite of an infected tick, in 2006 while he was a junior...
Seven years ago, when their son first started having seizures, Dean and Amy Kriebel found that their finances were stretched to the limit due to hospital bills and special adaptive equipment for young Andrew. “Just after his first birthday, he had his first seizure,” Dean Kriebel said. “Things spun out...
It’s not easy for Crystal Martinez to keep on top of her busy schedule. Along with her schoolwork as a student at Pocono Mountain West High School, she also has a hectic schedule of singing engagements extending through the summer, including one that will be before 100,000 people at the...
Hattiesburg, Miss. – A teenager in Mississippi is living with a disease so rare that less than 20 people worldwide have ever been diagnosed with it. Symptoms for 16-year-old Trey Garczynski started when he was 11 years old. “I was just walking around, but just a few minutes later, my...
HAMPTON, Conn. — A parent’s worst nightmare is that their child will suffer from a life-threatening disease with no cure on the horizon. But a family in Hampton said it’s putting all of its hopes into an experimental stem cell treatment and is traveling to Germany for the surgery. In...
The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have launched an investigation into a potential connection between the Gardasil vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV) and a rare degenerative muscle disease. Concern over a connection between Gardasil and the rare disease — known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...