AMY BAC

Before the age of eight Amy had an age appropriate normal MRI - when this disease took over, her brain began to show signs of atrophy - her brain was shrinking as the MRI below shows...        Amy Lyn Bac - the star of her soccer team LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AMY and how you might help: BrainNet - searching for answers at Beth Israel Harvard University --- https://www.autismbrainnet.org/memory/amy-bac/   Tampa Bay Times News story: https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/as-disease-takes-her-memory-tampas-brony-gala-provides-an-escape/2289489/   Dignity Memorial: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brandon-fl/amy-bac-8024173   Something's the matter with Amy - the complete story of Amy on amazon for $1 with all money earned donated to the National Ataxic Foundation in search of a cure for Spinocerebellar Ataxia:  https://www.amazon.com/Somethings-Matter-Amy-Christy-Gerrell-ebook/dp/B07N1VH4CZ?ref_=ast_author_dp  

  This short video shows Amy's life in pictures... Amy Bac was born May 18, 2001, at Eglin Air Force Base located in the panhandle of Florida. Her father was Chad Bac, a United States Air Force member - now retired. Her mother was Christy Gerrell (pronounced Jarrell) of Tallahassee, Florida.  Early Life: Amy was born healthy and on time at 40 weeks gestation. Within the first year of her life, Amy was diagnosed as an epileptic. Despite the seizures, Amy reached all of her milestones early - walking by the age of 10 months and talking in sentences by the age of fifteen months. One morning in November of 2002, at only one and a half years of age, after a prolonged seizure, Amy lost the ability to talk. More than a year and a half would pass before Amy regained her speech, and by then, the doctors had diagnosed her with autism. As the years passed, Amy became a very social and high-functioning little girl. She was learning to play the piano. She was on the swim team, soccer te...

She had a life and was happy - healthy - bright and beautiful! Then this disease struck her and she lost her life - and we lost her. We put a man on the moon more than 50 years ago, but we can't diagnosis an illness and save a life from a killer disease...