Featured Blog Posts – October 2010 Archive (2)

Staff Moon landing for Duchenne?

On any given day, all of us can site ‘things coming together’ to achieve a certain goal.

Landing on the moon
NASA International Space Station
Haiti
Trapped miners in Chile
Air Traffic Control around the world
UN (ok we could have a long discussion about efficiency, effectiveness, and benefit but nevertheless, an extensive collaboration)
Identifying the Dystrophin Gene
MD-CARE Act 2001
MD-CARE Act…

Continue

Added by Pat Furlong on October 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 10 Comments

Staff Pittsburgh, 2000.

Donna Saccomanno and I sat at the registration table. Over 100 parents attended the conference. It was the first conference for David and Mary Mesick. Their 5 year old son, Bryan had recently been diagnosed with Duchenne. Their heart was breaking. They came to the conference to learn how to navigate – care, research, hope. David and Mary jumped right in and soon David was on the PPMD Board and Mary involved in a broad range of education and fundraising efforts. Bryan and brother Allan’s smiles… Continue

Added by Pat Furlong on October 6, 2010 at 1:22pm — 3 Comments