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A Gofundme campaign will take a New Castle woman with multiple sclerosis part of the way to buy a van capable of transporting a wheelchair, improving her quality of life, a family member says.
Jeanie Downey Miskell, a 1991 Henry County High School graduate, was diagnosed with the disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause a loss of mobility in 1996 at 23 years old, daughter Stephanie Nutter said.  Miskell’s husband of 26 years, Delbert, is her primary caregiver, and they also get assistance from their 17-year-old son, Tanner.