A family in Sharks Territory needs your help.
Purnell was diagnosed just before Mother's Day with a rare and fatal genetic disease called Niemann-Pick Type A (described by the family as baby Alzheimer's). Purnell is 13 months old, and the average lifespan for those with this disease is only 2 to 3 years.
Purnell, though he lives in Massachusetts, was born into a family of Sharks fans. His mom is a San Jose native and his grandparents are Sharks365 members.
The San Jose Sharks and Sharks Foundation are teaming up to help Purnell and his family by donating $10,000 to the Wylder Nation Foundation, which will help develop a gene therepy treatment that will hopefully manage or even cure Niemann-Pick Type A.
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