Star Wars Fans Continue to Rally in Support of L.A.'s 'Princess Leah'
Laura T. Coffey, a Pacific Northwest based writer-producer for the Today show website, has an inspiring look today at the way more than $20,000 has been raised by Star Wars fans in support of a west Los Angeles couple struggling to figure out what is afflicting their four-month-old daughter Leah (pictured). The newborn has been the victim of mysterious, frightening seizures.
Along with celebrity donors such as Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and voice actor Stephen Stanton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), the grassroots social media campaign aimed at Zev and Francesca Esquenazi has attracted the attention of a Muscular Dystrophy Association researcher, who has offered to include Leah in a gene-splicing study.
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