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Updated 5/24/2022 Oh Cattaleya.  Cattaleya is the EPITOMY of strength. Catt was born 10/15/2014 with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB, is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder that affects 1 out of every 20,000 births in the United States (approximately 200 children a year are born with EB). There are many genetic and symptomatic variations of EB, but all share the prominent symptom of extremely fragile skin that...

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Catt Velazquez

Staten Island, NY

Transplant Type: BMT/Stem Cell

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $100,000.00

Raised: $63,894 of $100,000 goal

Raised by 78 contributors