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GoogleChanta, the 29-year-old daughter of Gaylord and Rhonda Vrbas of rural Trenton, was diagnosed recently with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- ALS -- often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," and it appears to be progressing rapidly, causing breathing, mobility and dexterity difficulties.
ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
Barbara Carter of Trenton, a friend of the Vrbas family, said that Chanta may be helped by medication and treatment available at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.; one medication may put the disease in remission, she said.
Friends are helping the family raise funds for the trip to the clinic in Rochester, and plan a fund-raising dinner Sunday, June 14, from noon until 2 p.m., at the Catholic Church in Stratton.
Collection jars have been placed in banks and businesses in Trenton, Stratton, Benkelman, Wauneta and McCook.
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Interested parties may want to check out the following website for more information on this debilitating disease:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/amyotro...
Best of luck to you Chanta!
This article is absolutely horrible. If you're going to bother publishing an article, even if it is one designed to try and help someone- how about doing ONE second of research. You are not talking about a disease which has any hope what so ever!!!
There is NO such thing as a drug to put Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) into remission. Printing that statement alone should be considered fraud as 30,000 American's are dying of this fatal disease and currently there is no hope at all. It paralyzes your entire body, including swallowing and breathing so you die choking to death unless you have the financial means to live on a ventilator which can cost $200,000 a year. Did I mention, the mind stays sharp?
It is brief and brutal and the person knows every last thing going on around them. If you want to help- than help this poor girl by explaining just how horrendous this is!!!