Logan's Journey - Logan Ruth SMA Foundation

up without support, or walk. All of their muscles are extremely weak, with the weakest muscles being the legs, upper arms, and neck. A common cold can easily turn into pneumonia which is what usually takes the lives of these children, along with “respiratory failure” or when they no longer have the lung or chest muscles to be able to breathe on their own." "SMA is a rare disorder occurring in approximately 8 out of every 100,000 live births, and affecting approximately 1 out of every 6,000 to 10,000 individuals worldwide." To read this and more on SMA, please visit http://www.smasupport.com/laymen_version.htm

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