Walk For Woronka Boys 2
Walk For Woronka Boys was established in August 2020, when Travis McCarty had a vision in helping raise much needed funds for the Woronka Family. Travis’s vision became a reality, successfully walking 100km within 24 hours raising valuable funds in the process.
Walk For Woronka Boys is back for 2021, with Travis dedicating another 100km within 24 hours walk, this time along the Great Victorian Rail Trail.
This year’s goal is to raise enough funds to purchase a plunge pool to assist with the boy’s therapy going forward.
This family has been given a devastating blow like no other. Not once, not twice, but three times. Please help this cause by supporting our mission to help raise money to assist this beautiful family in the difficult times ahead.
The Woronka Family's Heartbreaking Story- Rebekah Woronka
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In 2019, Riley, Cooper and Logan were diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a progressive muscle wasting condition to which sadly there is no cure. By the time the boys reach their 12th birthday, it is likely that they will require wheelchairs.
It started when the boys were about 3. I took them to the GP after some concerns were raised from the childcare about the boys being slower than the other kids. The GP referred the boys to a specialist to look at their hips however the specialist had a quick look and said they were fine. A few years later the boys started school and the sport teacher had some concerns about the boys running and jumping. They could physically run and jump but again it wasn’t quite what the other kids were doing. By this point (age 6) their calves were also enlarged. I took them back to the GP, She looked at their calves and said they just genetically have big calves and not to worry. All of this just wasn’t sitting right with me. So I took them to an Osteopath to take a look and I’m just really lucky that she knew what she was doing because she referred them straight away to neurology at the Children’s hospital. The boys were then assessed and bloods were taken and it was confirmed that they have DMD. We then had to test Logan and go through it all over again and it was also confirmed that he had it as well.