Lion Angie McDanel, right, informs members of the Wellington Lions Club about Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) during its March 16 meeting. With March being NMO Awareness Month, McDanel shared details of her daughter’s ongoing journey. For her treatment, Jayla Kilgore receives an infusion every six months. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom
After over two weeks in a Lubbock hospital in March 2022, Jayla Kilgore gets to roll outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Doctors diagnosed the Wellington High School Class of 2020 graduate with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO). A student at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Kilgore switched her major from Sports Medicine to Early Childhood Education. Courtesy Photo
WELLINGTON – In her presentation at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 16 at the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center, Lion Angie Mc-Danel shared the journey her daughter Jayla Kilgore’s Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) diagnosis and subsequent ongoing treatment. A 2020 graduate of Wellington High School, Kilgore served as 2019-2020 Wellington Lions Club Sweetheart.
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