Hello KIF1A Families, Sloane received her third dose of the ASO on August 1st. We had pre-dose bloodwork, PT evaluation, and research EEG and then post-dose bloodwork, EKG, and research EEG. No substantial motor changes from what we were already seeing with this dose, but we did have one huge milestone this month…Sloane’s first day…
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While I think most of our readers will understand the enormity of today’s title, it’s worth stating explicitly that Susannah Rosen is on a huge journey. We often call members of our community Superheroes, but internally I default to another term Luke Rosen and advocates use often: Pioneers. In fact the Yellow Brick Road Project,…
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Megan, Sloane’s mom, writes: Hello KAND Families! Sloane received her second ASO dose on June 6th. We were still in New York City. On the 5th we had her predose blood draws and her research EEG (the PT had a conflict so we had to move that to the 10th but typically there would also…
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Hello KIF1A Families, We arrived in New York City on May 5th and got settled into our apartment then on Monday we dove into dose one prep. Our first week and a half looked looked like this: It was a long week with a lot of hours spent in the hospital and waiting rooms but…
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By Luke Rosen, Published on Medium Dec 21, 2022 Our daughter is a superhero. She is a pioneer, and she is changing. Susannah has a rare neurodegenerative condition called KIF1A Associated Neurological Disorder, or KAND. She joins a handful of people in a united community each with very real desperation and hope. Our collective hope is…
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Sloane is an adorable 3 year old with KAND. She is scheduled to be the 2nd patient in the world to receive ASO therapy for KAND. Her mother, Megan, has offered to share their experience and journey with everyone to help us understand the process and to share in their hopes, fears, challenges, and successes…
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