Barrel racer an inspiration to those with MS
By Tim Mitchell
Friday May 23, 2008
Tim Mitchell
Barrel racer Laura Kimball plays with her horse, a palamino gelding named Nernie. Kimball and Nernie will compete this weekend at the Great Lakes Championships this weekend at Gordyville, USA, in Gifford.
GIFFORD – In 1991, doctors told Laura Kimball to quit her job at a tractor supply store, give up riding horses and prepare for a life in a wheelchair.
Kimball said she was shocked to learn she had multiple sclerosis, a chronic and often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.
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