The local portion of the 15th Toyota Jamaica Dream Car Art Contest was completed when the nine winners across the three categories were awarded their prizes at Toyota Jamaica’s Old Hope Road s.
One of Sherika Harris greatest wishes is for her only child, Rafael Lee, to have a normal life. However, a rare medical condition called tibial hemimelia (TH) is standing in his way.
As a result, Harris is seeking the public s assistance to raise the estimated US$250,000 (approximately J$35.6 million) needed to do corrective surgery in the United States. He is my first and only child and I just want him to live a normal life like any five-year-old, Harris said.
TH, also known as tibial deficiency, is a condition in which a child is born with a tibia that is shorter than normal or missing altogether. This creates a difference in the length of the child s legs. The condition is extremely rare, occurring in only about one out of every one million births.