Victoria Jackson and Ali Guthy on Ellen
Narrator: How do we see in the dark? It’s not just an existential question. It’s a question that I ask every day. That all NMO patients, clinicians and scientists ask….
Dr. Michael Yeaman: An orphan disease is a disease for which there is no good therapy. Most orphan diseases happen to also be rare diseases. The relationship there is that…
Rachel Tracy-Scheaffer: At about 2:00 in the morning I woke up and it really literally felt like somebody was pulling my spinal cord out of my brain. It just was…
Victoria Jackson: I could have never predicted the course of how my life is going right now, but my daughter Ali was all of a sudden unexpectedly diagnosed with NMO….
Reese W.: My friend Victoria Jackson called me one day and told me that her daughter had been ill, and to hear that anything would be affecting this young woman’s…
Narrator: Five years ago, we were alone, wandering in the dark, and every decision felt impossible, overwhelming. Then, from a single spark light poured into the room. From urgent questions,…
Kathy Najimy: Hi, I’m Katie Couric. That’s a lie. I’m lying. I am Diane Sawyer. What? No, I’m lying again. I am Kathy Najimy, and I am here today because…
Kathy Najimy: How did you reach the scientist and doctors? I would know my doctor, my friend Robin’s doctor and maybe one other. How did you reach- Victoria Jackson: Well-…
Kathy Najimy: You’re giving some hope to this condition. Like I said before when I went to your first symposium, that was the thing that struck me the most was…
Kathy Najimy: Hi, I’m Katie Couric, that’s a lie. I’m lying, I am Diane Sawyer. What? No, I’m lying again. I am Kathy Najimy and I am here today because…
Victoria Jackson: Well, it is so, so nice. You have no idea how glad I am to see all of you here today. Victoria Jackson: The patient day, I mean,…