Pyjama Day
Raising money for mitochondria disease.
Mitochondria disease.
Mito disease is a rare disease in which your body doesn't produce enough mitochondria cells and you get very sleepy.
Amber Nelson.
Amber Nelson is a beautiful, funny, talented, and smart girl. but she has Mito and her body can't produce enough energy so she cant do things that everyday kids do.
It takes her brain a little more time to produce enough signals to her mouth if she wants to talk.
some facts about Mito
The Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation says:
Some Mito Kids can suffer.
• lose their sight or hearing •
suffer muscle weakness and pain •
Be unable to walk, eat, swallow or talk normally
•have strokes or seizures
•Develop liver disease or diabetes
•Suffer heart, respiratory or digestive problems
•experience developmental delays or intellectual disability.