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Lisa Harvey Vittek

Rocklin, California
My personal blog, http://www.cureforkayla.com, is dedicated to my daughter Kayla Vittek who was born with congenital myotonic dystrophy. Myotonic dystrophy, aka: myotonic muscular dystrophy, is the most common form of muscular dystrophy and affects 1:8000 people worldwide. It is a degenerative... Full Bio
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"Thank You For Kayla!" by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health It has been a long, long time since I've written in my blog. So many people have asked how Kayla is doing and many were worried that my lack of blogging meant that Kayla wa ... Read on »
Late Night Ramblings by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Well, it's been on tough year as you can tell by my lack of blogging for the past 11 months. I've started to write a least a dozen times over the last year but have really ... Read on »
Kayla Celebrates "The Spirit of Difference" by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health A 6-Foot Image of Kayla Vittek Celebrating "The Spirit of Difference" with Medical Students in Doha, Qatar Kayla continues to bring so many blessings to my life. ... Read on »
How to Empower a Child with Therapeutic Horse Therapy by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Kayla was recently highlighted in two videos about horse therapy. The Bay Area Equestrian Network did a story on how this therapy is beneficial to children with special ne ... Read on »
Kayla Met Her Favorite American Idol, David Archuleta, Backstage After His Concert Tonight by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Tonight was a night that we will never forget. Kayla was invited to go backstage and meet her all-time favorite American Idol, David Archuleta, tonight. Thi ... Read on »
No Turkey Today But Feeling More Thankful Than Ever On This Thanksgiving Day by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Well, I've been working a lot lately as running a non-profit means doing fund raising campaigns during the holidays. Well, I got so busy yesterday stuffing and fluffing env ... Read on »
No Turkey Today But Feeling More Thankful Than Ever On This Thanksgiving Day by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Well, I've been working a lot lately as running a non-profit means doing fund raising campaigns during the holidays. Well, I got so busy yesterday stuffing and fluffing e ... Read on »
The Vittek Family on the 2009 MDA Jerry Lewis National Telethon by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health I have been promising to post the videos from our telethon appearances at the Las Vegas Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) National Telethon this summer and I finally rece ... Read on »
Videos of our 2009 MDA National Telethon Appearances by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health I have been promising to post the videos from our telethon appearances at the Las Vegas Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) National Telethon this summer and I finally rece ... Read on »
"Ride To Walk" Therapeutic Horse Therapy Program Loses Government Funding by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health I wanted to share a story that aired on Sacramento's Channel 10 this morning about Kayla's Horse Therapy, "Ride To Walk". Kayla was one of two kids highlighted in the article ... Read on »
"Ride To Walk" Therapeutic Horse Therapy Program Loses Government Funding by Lisa Harvey Vittek 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health I wanted to share a story that aired on Sacramento's Channel 10 this morning about Kayla's Horse Therapy, "Ride To Walk". Kayla was one of two kids highlighted in the artic ... Read on »
Kayla's Debut on National TV for the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon This Weekend by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Dear Friends, So much has happened in the last month and I keep thinking about blogging but just haven't been able to find the time. Well, this weekend I have someth ... Read on »
Kayla's Debut on National TV for the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon This Weekend by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Dear Friends, So much has happened in the last month and I keep thinking about blogging but just haven't been able to find the time. Well, this weekend I have somet ... Read on »
In Loving Memory of Kim Dae-jung, Former President of South Korea by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health My heart is heavy tonight after hearing about the loss of a dear family friend, Former President President Kim Dae-jung: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/skorea.kim ... Read on »
In Loving Memory of Kim Dae-jung, Former President of South Korea by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health My heart is heavy tonight after hearing about the loss of a dear family friend, Former President Kim Dae-jung: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/skorea.kim.obit/in ... Read on »
Welcome to Holland by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As many of you know, I manage the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, a patient advocacy group focused on education, advocacy and research for myotonic dystrophy. I was recently i ... Read on »
Welcome to Holland by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As many of you know, I manage the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation , a patient advocacy group focused on education, advocacy and research for myotonic dystrophy. I was recentl ... Read on »
Kayla's Story for MDA Telethon Highlighted on Local TV Station - KCRA by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As you know we recently had a television crew in from the MDA corporate office in Tucson, AZ to film a story about Kayla for the 2009 MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon in Las Vegas. Ou ... Read on »
Kayla's Story for MDA Telethon Highlighted on Local TV Station - KCRA by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As you know we recently had a television crew in from the MDA corporate office in Tucson, AZ to film a story about Kayla for the 2009 MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon in Las Vegas. ... Read on »
Our Journey with Myotonic Dystrophy by Lisa Harvey Vittek Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com Read on »