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Megan Hoover is a spunky and sassy nine year old. She loves elephants, stickers, coloring, drawing and the color green. She also has a feeding tube and travels everywhere in a wheel chair. Years of testing, blood draws, CT Scan, biopsies, spinal tap, DNA test, doctors visits, and many trips to Children's Hospital ultimately determined that she has a Mitochondrial disease.
In the spring of 2014,while at school on recess, Megan's knees just gave out under her under her own weight. The weakness of the legs progressed very quickly and within 6 months Megan had become 100% reliant on a wheelchair. With this, life hadchanged tremendously both for Megan and her family.
An addition to the family's home is needed to accommodate Megan's ever increasing needs. Consider what has been necessary - replacing both family vehicles, a ramp into the house, a handicapped accessible home. Megan's feeding tube has added just over 20 pounds to her tiny 30 pound body in 8 months. While this is the desired effect, her bedroom & bathroom is upstairs and carrying Megan up the steps will not be an option for long. Bedroom & bathroom use is increasingly difficult, so a main floor bedroom with a wheelchair assessable bathroom is a top priority. The Hoovers are reaching out to family, friends and community to help raise funds for an addition to sweet Megan's home that can accommodate her and all of her needs.

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The foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine describes Mitochondrial disease like this:Mitochondrial disease or dysfunction is an energy production problem. Almost all cells in the body have Mitochondria, which are tiny 'power plants' that produce the body's essential energy. Mitochondrial diseases mean the power plants in cells don't function properly. When that happens, some functions in the body don't work normally. It's as if the body has a power failure: there is a gradation of effects like a 'brown out' or a 'black out.'This has been an emotional roller coaster for the family. About 1 of 2500 children in the US develop some form of mitochondrial disorder by the age of ten, none of these tests are completely reliable, nor are the symptoms the same in everyone.