When Payton Barragan was diagnosed with NMO last winter, she lost her ability to play basketball. Payton wanted to find a way to help others who suffer from this disease or those who have not yet been identified. On Tuesday, November 14th, the Lady Indians basketball team from Portage High School, in Portage, Indiana, will host NMO Awareness Night to raise money for the Guthy Jackson Research Foundation, Inc. for NMO research.
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Vision condition forces Portage’s Barragan to adapt to life without basketball
Nov 11, 2017 – PORTAGE, IN – Basketball means the world to Payton Barragan. The Portage junior has played hoops since her Rookie Division in the city’s youth basketball league and was hoping to be on the varsity this season.
“It’s been my life forever,” Barragan said.
Last January, that life changed.