Sarah Moore now works for a Mitochondrial disease charity after losing two daughters to the condition.
A mother who lost both her daughters to a rare but deadly disease is now helping other families affected by it.
So she then set about fundraising for the foundation and has now joined the team as their corporate fundraiser.Sarah Moore, Liz Curtis and Sarah's husband Pat are raising awareness of Mitochondrial disease "The medical profession knew very little and we lived a number of years without knowing a lot about the condition at all.Image source,Liz Curtis founded the Lily Foundation in 2007 in memory of her daughter Lily, who died of mitochondrial disease aged eight months.
"People wanted to help, they wanted to raise money, but there was no charity to raise money for," said Ms Curtis.What is Mitochondrial disease?Mitochondria are responsible for energy production that allows cells to work properly. "You do take every day as a lucky day and live in the moment for sure but I think we definitely don't want to look back and have any regrets as a family so we certainly push through.
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