Mudbug March to Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension

The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Alumni Association will hold the 3rd Annual Mudbug March to stomp out Pulmonary Hypertension on Sunday, March 5 at the New Orleans City Park Peristyle. The event will include a 1-mile Fun Walk, a silent auction, a disco dance party, entertainment by the Disco Amigos, food and libations, as well as face painting and a disco costume contest for the kids. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the walk starts at 10 a.m. The $35 donation also includes a t-shirt.

The purpose of the event, honoring the memory of Chelsea Umbach Yates, is to raise awareness of pulmonary hypertension and to educate patients about the importance of taking care of themselves. Chelsea was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension when she was 15 years old. Despite the disease, Chelsea excelled academically, worked and married. Her struggle with the disease lasted 11 years and included a heart-double lung transplant. She died suddenly on July 17, 2011, after contracting an infection that her immune system couldn’t overcome.

Mudbug March is sponsored by the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, LSU Health New Orleans Foundation, University Medical Center, Tulane Lung Center and Harry’s Dive Shop.

Forty percent of the proceeds will support the Pulmonary Hypertension Association's efforts to provide improved patient care, expand medical research, and disseminate the latest information to the PH community. The remaining 60% of proceeds will provide further education and awareness of PH to future LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing graduates who will provide nursing care to patients with PH in a variety of clinical settings.

To register and learn more, visit https://give.lsuhealthfoundation.org/mudbugmarch2017.

01/31/2017