Extreme Makeover to Help Child Who Feels No Pain

Friday January 11, 2008

Many TV shows have moved into re-runs now due to the writer's strike, but ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is still out there building elaborate houses for deserving families. And this week, again, Ty Pennington (right) and crew are coming to the aid of the family of a child with special needs.

The beneficiaries this time around are the Woodhouse family of Colorado, including 10-year-old Kayla, who has hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy (HSAN), an extremely rare neurological condition that causes her to be unable to regulate body temperature or feel pain effectively.

If you want to learn a little more about the family before Sunday's broadcast, these sites have articles or blog entries about the episode:

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