Date Posted:11:54:54 05/16/03 Fri Author:RON HOLZ Subject: MELAS
IAM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER,IT BREAKS MY HEART
WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE TAKEN FROM US. AS YOU KNOW WE LOST
OUR DAUGHTER TO MELAS ILLNESS 0N 12/23/95,AFTER A 7 YEAR
BATTLE WITH MELAS,AT THAT TIME THE ILLNESS WAS ALMOST UNHEARD OF,I THINK MAYBE 45 WORLD WIDE.WE FOUND OUR CHERI
IN A COMA ON HER 16TH.BIRTHDAY,FROM THERE ON IT WAS A
BATTLE WITH,STROKES, BLINDNESS,DEAFNESS,SIEZURES,SHE FOUGHT
HARD BUT IN THE END IT WAS A BLESSING FOR GOD TO TAKE HER
OUT OF HER PAIN.I PRAY FOR A CURE FOR MELAS.THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME VISIT YOUR DAUGHTERS SITE,RON HOLZ,FATHER OF
CHERI K HOLZ, 10/30/71 TO 12.23/95
