Dianna Smith for Medical Research
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Dianna Slenning Smith was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy in 1960. She was expected to die within 10 years. Instead she raised a beautiful daughter who is now a junior high Math teacher, helped clean up a polluted lake in the Pelican flyway, and advocates for fair education for all of America's children. One of Dianna's doctors said "she is too busy working on her projects to have time to die".
Until now.
This past June, Dianna was hospitalized and is now on hospice. The doctors have already learned a lot from studying her body, but they are limited because they need to look at her body more closely.
Dianna is trying to raise the money needed to pay for the Pathologist so her body can be used so researchers can work for a cure for Muscular Dystrophy. (Dianna lives too far away to just let an ambulance take her to where the researchers are and it is illegal for doctors to pay for bodies).
Dianna has been on hospice before, but this time is different. One doctor said she has defied all odds by living from June until now, but she is declining daily. She now has severe swelling, her liver is swollen, breathing is extremely difficult. She is down to weeks, no longer months.
Dianna has been one of those hard to diagnose. With DNA blood samples the doctors have determined Dianna has Muscular Dystrophy, but they need tissue samples to learn more and confirm several hypotheses they have made based on Dianna's ability to have survived as long as she did. Until now, they had no way to gain those tissue samples.
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. Dianna's season on this earth is coming to an end but, as always, she saw this time as just another opportunity to bring people together to help others.
By donating to Dianna's Go Fund Me campaign, your dollars will support working toward a cure for Muscular Dystrophy. Please don't hesitate or postpone your contribution, time is of the essence. Dianna will be forever grateful, those who learn from her body will thank you, those who have Muscular Dystrophy will thank you.
Until now.
This past June, Dianna was hospitalized and is now on hospice. The doctors have already learned a lot from studying her body, but they are limited because they need to look at her body more closely.
Dianna is trying to raise the money needed to pay for the Pathologist so her body can be used so researchers can work for a cure for Muscular Dystrophy. (Dianna lives too far away to just let an ambulance take her to where the researchers are and it is illegal for doctors to pay for bodies).
Dianna has been on hospice before, but this time is different. One doctor said she has defied all odds by living from June until now, but she is declining daily. She now has severe swelling, her liver is swollen, breathing is extremely difficult. She is down to weeks, no longer months.
Dianna has been one of those hard to diagnose. With DNA blood samples the doctors have determined Dianna has Muscular Dystrophy, but they need tissue samples to learn more and confirm several hypotheses they have made based on Dianna's ability to have survived as long as she did. Until now, they had no way to gain those tissue samples.
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. Dianna's season on this earth is coming to an end but, as always, she saw this time as just another opportunity to bring people together to help others.
By donating to Dianna's Go Fund Me campaign, your dollars will support working toward a cure for Muscular Dystrophy. Please don't hesitate or postpone your contribution, time is of the essence. Dianna will be forever grateful, those who learn from her body will thank you, those who have Muscular Dystrophy will thank you.
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Dianna Smith
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Boulder City, NV
