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Monday, October 23, 2006
Patients on the move to find a cure for MS
Walk series in Texas this year has raised $1.1 million...Karin Sperger first showed signs of multiple sclerosis nearly 50 years ago, when as a 24-year-old she was temporarily paralyzed on the left side of her body. But doctors misdiagnosed her with encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, and Sperger went without proper treatment for more than two decades. "I was getting weaker and weaker and more clumsy," said Sperger, who was finally diagnosed with MS in her 50s. Now 71, the League City resident is an avid fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which held its annual walk at several locations across the region this weekend. Sperger rodeFULL STORY |