Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Hants County couple canvassing to help sick nephew

<p>A Garlands Crossing couple is asking the public to help their six-year-old nephew get to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax from British Columbia.</p><p>Leanna Chandler says her nephew, Chase Johnson, has been hospitalized at the B.C Children's Hospital in Vancouver for more than a month, suffering from a rare form of epilepsy that causes the young boy to have several severe seizures in the span of a week.</p><p>Chandler says Chase is heavily medicated, but doctors have yet to find a form of treatment that stops the seizures and time is of the essence.</p><p>"He's not getting any better. He's getting worse to the point that his brain is shrinking and hardening."</p><p><a href="http://www.novanewsnow.com/Living/2013-10-23/article-3438894/Hants-County-couple-canvassing-to-help-sick-nephew/1">Keep reading...</a></p>

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