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Submitted by:\nCrystal Nepinak |<\/p>\n
Submitted by:
\nCrystal Nepinak |<\/p>\n
Taryn’s Hope for Sight
\nSupper Fundraiser<\/p>\n
Sat. October 14, 2017
\n5:30PM – 7:30PM
\nMinitonas Town Hall<\/p>\n
$20 per plate
\nTake Out Available
\n<\/br>
\nTickets Available at:
\nMinitonas Community Store
\nValley Meat Packers
\nRenaissance Hair Salon<\/p>\n
For information contact:
\nCorina 204.734.0581, Colinda 204.525.4361 or Crystal 204.281.1554<\/p>\n
Taryn’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n Taryn Leason, oldest daughter of Kelly and Tricia Leason has recently been diagnosed with Stargardt disease.<\/p>\n Stargardt disease is a form of inherited juvenile macular degeneration. Taryn is already losing her central vision at a rapid rate and can no longer drive. On June 21st their youngest daughter, Kennedi, was also told by the retina specialist her retina scans were consistent with Taryn\u2019s but in the very early stages so she likely has Stargardt also.<\/p>\n Genetic testing results have confirmed Taryn\u2019s Stargardt diagnosis and the family waits for Kennedi\u2019s test results. Both Kelly and Tricia are waiting on the paperwork to start their genetic testing process.<\/p>\n The family has made the decision that Taryn will receive stem cell therapy at Beike Biotechnology Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand this fall. Taryn\u2019s first treatment will be on November 7 and will continue for the next 20 days. The treatment is not performed in Canada nor is it covered by provincial healthcare.<\/p>\n Beike Biotechnology Hospital is one of the world\u2019s largest stem cell facilities and leaders in stem cell research. We are hopeful that stem cell treatment will restore some of her lost vision, or at least stop the progression completely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by: Crystal Nepinak | Taryn’s Hope for Sight Supper Fundraiser Sat. October 14, 2017 5:30PM – 7:30PM Minitonas Town Hall $20 per plate Take Out Available Tickets Available at: Minitonas Community Store Valley Meat Packers Renaissance Hair Salon For information contact: Corina 204.734.0581, Colinda 204.525.4361 or Crystal 204.281.1554 Taryn’s Story Taryn Leason, oldest daughter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-31169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}