A Chambersburg resident shares how Medical Marijuana has had a major impact on her daughter – WHAG

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Virdis Medicine, a medical marijuana dispensary, has been working with the borough in Chambersburg in hopes to one day come to town.

Karen Diller is a loving mom who will do anything for her daughter 20 year-old daughter Karly.

Karly has CDKL5, a rare genetic disorder, which means her body is missing a gene and can not produce the protein that talks to her cells. As a result, Karly doesn't have the use of her hands or the ability to talk.

It started a whole bunch of testing and doctor visits and to no avail we could not find out what was wrong and there was no way to help her, said Diller, a Chambersburg resident.

Karly has had seizures ever since she was two weeks old. Diller says they tried different types of medicine and nothing worked until two-years-ago when they went to Langone University Hospital in New York City. Karly was given a CBD oil, a medical marijuana product.

It has lowered her seizures from multiple seizures a day to 60 to 70 percent fewer seizures, she now has days and consecutive days in a row without seizures, said Diller.

The trial in New York has been great, but the drive to New York from Chambersburg is five hours one way.

I don't know how long we're going to be able to continue the drive to New York City and how long she will actually be eligible for this trial, so Im very supportive of Virdis Medicine coming to Chambersburg, said Diller.

In addition to reducing seizures,CBD oil has made Karly calmer and better able to function. Diller says she will continue to advocate for Virdis Medicine.

I feel that could give so many people a better quality of the days that they have here, just like its helping her and I think we have to try, said Diller.

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A Chambersburg resident shares how Medical Marijuana has had a major impact on her daughter - WHAG