Community
Health Charities is partnering with the National Stroke Association, a proud
member charity, for National Stroke
Awareness Month this May.
The National
Stroke Association’s mission is to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke by
developing compelling education and programs focused on prevention, treatment,
rehabilitation and support for all impacted by stroke.
Summer was a born a perfectly healthy child. At age five, she lost 25% of her body weight and fell into a coma. Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease attacked the insulin producing cells in her pancreas and caused her body to become acidic. She remained in a diabetic ketoacidosis coma for three days.
Summer was a born a perfectly healthy child. At age five, she lost 25% of her body weight and fell into a coma. Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease attacked the insulin producing cells in her pancreas and caused her body to become acidic. She remained in a diabetic ketoacidosis coma for three days. Summer requires insulin to stay alive; but insulin is not a cure, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Summer and her family know that with the help of JDRF a cure is possible.
Community
Health Charities is partnering with the National Stroke Association, a proud
member charity, for National Stroke
Awareness Month this May
