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Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Pour In For Family Of New Canaan Boy Fighting Rare Diseases Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Pour In For Family Of New Canaan Boy Fighting Rare Diseases
Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Pour In For Family Of New Canaan Boy Fighting Rare Diseases A fundraising effort to help the family of a precocious Connecticut boy fighting a rare neuromuscular disease is already so successful that it has exceeded its original goal by over $30,000.  The effort was created to help the family of Boyd Thornhill, a Fairfield County boy from New Canaan who suffers from myasthenia gravis and mitochondrial disease, which has caused him several medical issues that have forced him to endure countless hospital stays, doctor's appointments, and medicines.  Because of the intensity of care that Boyd's diseases require, his parents, Ca…

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by Ben Crnic