7/12/2008: Clearfield, PA—Mother of Child with CMT Seeks to Inform Others about Disorder

Imagine getting your 11-year-old child to do a 15-step exercise regimen every day.
For Nancy Syktich and her daughter Cierra Kephart of Clearfield, that 15-step routine is their reality. The fun doesn't stop there either. Cierra's normal life also involves attending therapy sessions three times a week and traveling to St. Christopher's Children's Hospital in Philadelphia every six months for checkups and fittings for new leg braces.

In fact, a normal doctor's visit for Cierra consists of answering an exhaustive list of questions, as well as performing physical tests of balance, hearing, sight, blood pressure and reflexes. These visits check the progression of Cierra's disorder from the lower extremities upward.

What is her disorder exactly? Two years ago, she was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, the most commonly inherited neuropathy.

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