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Updated: 11/03/2012 08:00:14AM
Hoping for a miracle
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Alesa Armstrong, shown with her mother, Susie Powers, right, and service dog Kobie, is hopeful that stem-cell therapy may relieve some of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, which she has suffered from since she was 10.
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Alesa Armstrong was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 10.
Now 41, the attractive young woman is hoping advances in stem-cell research may help her deal with one of the most annoying aspects of the illness — constant pain. Pain also affects her physically.
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