Press Release - Oct 2009

The Ryan Sisters have been singing together for several years and have been impressing people everywhere they sing with their heartfelt performances. After Lauretta came down with a life threatening disease called Guillain Barré Syndrome in June, 1995 which paralyzed her entire body, they decided to pursue their dream as they realized that life is too short to let your dreams pass you by. Together with Lauretta’s positive attitude, visualization techniques, determination, faith and family support she was the fastest recovering GBS patient to leave the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, however her faith and positive attitude were put to the test when the doctors called in her family as they felt that she was near death. The doctors wanted to put her on a ventilator with a possible tracheotomy as she could only blow less than one liter of air in one breath, when the average person can blow between 4-6 liters of air. She was so determined to be able to sing again, that she begged the doctor to let her try one more time. She said that her faith would give her the strength she needed. With all of her might, she blew just over one liter and the doctor agreed that she didn’t have to be put on a ventilator. The doctors called her the “Miracle Child” as she was completely paralyzed and was being fed by a feeding tube in her nose, and had a suction tube to extract her saliva, as she couldn’t even swallow. Each morning the priest would visit her and offer her the Eucharist, and she miraculously swallowed it everyday. >> CONTINUE