Sarah Ford | August 5, 2014

Rylee Finds Strength in NASCAR Favorite Kasey Kahne

Rylee has been told she can’t ride a bike because she lacks muscle tone in her legs, but she pedals down the street. ÌýShe’s been told she can’t cartwheel and tumble with her fellow cheerleaders because of her hydrocephalous and the shunt in her brain, but she puts on her uniform, grabs her pompoms and walks onto the field.Ìý

Rylee is determined. She has been fighting Noonan syndrome and a battery of other medical issues since birth, but she doesn’t let that get in the way of her dreams and passions. One of those passions is NASCAR and racing champ Kasey Kahne.Ìý

So when Rylee received…

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