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December 10, 2015

Furry Friend Will Be More Than a Pet for Local Boy Living With Epilepsy

By In the Loop

Two minutes and 50 seconds. It doesn’t sound like much time. But imagine your child wasn’t breathing. Every second would feel like an eternity. Sarah Kappers-Mergen can tell you that from experience. Her 2-year-old son, Adrian, has a type of epilepsy that causes “respiratory restrictions” that “make it much harder to breathe,” she tells the […]

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