Laura From Chronicle (Hope It Aint A Waste Of Time, Just Typed It All Out)

DOCTORS told chronically ill Laura Herring she would need a kidney transplant by the time she was 13.</p>

But with three months to go before the milestone birthday she is holding her own and good results from a kidney function test mean she does not even need to start dialysis yet.</p>

Laura was one when she was diagnosed with cystinosis, a rare disease which affects only 150 children in the country.</p>

Sufferers face kidney failure between the ages of 9 and 13, stunted growth, muscle waisting and problems with their joints and eyesight.</p>

Laura, of Barnsley, recently had pins put in her legs to correct the way her bones are developing and she also suffers from arthrites.</p>

Despite being in pain every day she is determined to help others and apart from being involved with a variety of charities she mentors children with cystinosis.</p>

Many of them are on the transplant list, even though Laura's condition was much more advanced when they first got in touch.</p>

Mum Crystal thinks her daughter maybe progressing at a slower rate because of her positive mental attitude.</p>

Two years ago alternative therapies such as meditation and crystal healing began to play a large part in Lauras life. she had been advised to try them by Local GP.</p>

She said &quot;They make me relax more, if im in pain I'll hold one of my crystals and i feel a lot calmer.&quot;</p>

Crystal is keeping an open mind to the unconventional treatments for Laura's sake.</p>

She said &quot;If she feels she is benefiting from it then i can't say its not helping because I can tell from her moods that she feels better.&quot;</p>

 

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A good report but I wish that Crystal could have given them a fake name, I got slightly confused at one point.

 

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