Rare disease leaves Vicki's family and friends devastated

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• Vicki LaMere has spent much of her adult life championing causes to benefit the city of Lake Shore, a community she has lived in and loved her entire life.
• Now LaMere's friends and family are devastated as they helplessly watch her battle Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; about 90 percent die within a year of the onset of the disease.
• Diagnosed on December 14, LaMere was given six to 18 months to live but her family said the end likely won't be long now. She is bedridden, can't speak and suffers from dementia and hallucinations.
• LaMere, 51, began noticing something was wrong the first part of October; she complained of feeling dizzy.
• People contributed weeks of vacation hours to help the LaMeres through this difficult time.

Reflection

When I first read this article, I felt a little bad for Vicki LaMere, the woman in this article who caught the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is sad because she worked so hard in helping her community becoming a better place, and it must be devastating for her family to watch Vicki battle with the disease helplessly. It makes you think how you should try to make the world a little better because your clock is ticking before the day you die.

Tweed, Jodie. "Rare Disease Leaves Vicki's Family and Friends Devastated."Www.brainerddispatch.com. 6 Jan. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2010. .