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Chris Day
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| Chris Day, with her family |
Through the Foundation, Chris and her family got involved in Project 3000, a genetic study striving to help those affected by LCA. It was inspired by Foundation-funded clinical trials for a gene therapy that has restored vision in one child and a handful of adults whose LCA was caused by a defect in a specific gene.
Over the last four Baltimore Vision Walks, Chris’ family team, Walking for a Day, has brought in roughly $7,000, and the family is now featured in a promotional video shown during the Foundation’s dinner events.
Chris and her family are preparing the children to live with visual impairments. Derrick and Meredith are Braille readers and cane users, but, I truly believe that there will be a cure in their lifetime, or at least a treatment. The Foundation has been so supportive in providing information and resources. What I love most about the Foundation is that they are striving to find a cure!Chris Day is a dental hygienist, wife and mother. Chris and her husband, Doug, have two fabulous children, Derrick age 6 and Meredith age 4. Both Derrick and Meredith are blind. They both have a rare form of RP called LCA, which causes blindness from birth.
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