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How Kobe Bryant’s Kindness Impacted Young Fan With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Kobe Bryant's Kindness to Alex with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

How Kobe Bryant’s Kindness Impacted Young Fan With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Kobe Bryant’s Kindness – Valerie Pappas Llauro, mother of Alex, a young boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, combats the disease directly in a letter inspired by Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball.” With the help of Kobe Bryant and others, these “warriors” are helping to give […]

Water – A refuge from Duchenne

I am sitting and watching my boy experiencing freedom. Free from his wheelchair, free from constriction, and tightness and free from Duchenne – for a moment. We are in Miami, basking in the warm and humid weather, and my son is floating in the water light as air and is soaring. The sun is beating […]