LAGRANGE â Show off your classic car and help a family battling to get their daughter healthy this Saturday at Everage Auto just north of LaGrange.
The LaGrange car lot will be hosting the first-ever Daniah Nieto Car Show and Fundraiser this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
The event was created to help the family of Nieto, a 10-year-old Lakeland Intermediate School student, cope with the costs associated with traveling to Chicago where Nieto is being treated for two extremely rare medical conditions. Nieto suffered from two linked genetic mutations â Smith-McCort Dysplasia and Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Dysplasia. Those conditions result in uncharacteristic and somewhat abnormal skeletal development and are characterized by shorter limbs, a shorter trunk, and a barrel chest. These conditions are not noticeable at birth, and the condition is so rare fewer than 100 cases have been observed worldwide.
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Sidwell relayed the offer from Shriners Hospitals, which Bledsoe accepted.
The Shriners maintain a network of 22 hospitals in the U.S., which provide medical care to help children live a better life after they find themselves needing specialized pediatric care, including treatment for spinal cord injuries.
The website for those facilities says they provide care without regard to the families ability to pay, qualify for financial assistance or acquire third-party coverage.
Sidwell encouraged any parents whose children have orthopedic, spinal cord or burn issues to contact Shriners Hospitals.
Zoey, who still has movement in her upper arms, and her brother, 5-year-old Zackory Landis, were hurt late June 20 in a traffic crash in the 5100 block of S.W. Burlingame Road.
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