Kendra says...

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Hey everyone! I have also been pretty busy with trying to catch up on school work. Being out for 3 months equals a very very large stack of papers!

So as most of you already know my birthday is coming up. May 2nd! Hooray! In exactly 4 weeks =)

For this year i am asking for presents but most of all i am asking for you all to help me out with something.

For the past few weeks i have been doing a research project in my Biology class about genetic diseases. The disease i have been researching is called Progeria. It can affect any new born baby. These children age extremely fast and do not grow very much. The life expectancy is only around 13 years if you are lucky.

When i first started the project i was scared to look at the faces of these children, because of the way they looked but also because of how sad i felt because there is no cure and no treatments.

As the weeks of research progressed i absolutely fell in love with these kids. They are the most adorable children and have such amazing hearts and spirits.

This is a link to a video of a boy with Progeria named Mickey. Once you hear his story and his outlook on life i am sure you will fall in love too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHgPR2wie8

My one request of you this year on my birthday, is if you could donate whatever amount you would like to the Progeria Research Foundation(link will follow). Let this be your present to me. I only hope that with your help we can make some sort of impact.

http://www.progeriaresearch.org/ways_to_donate.html

Love to all of you,
Kendra