meet the
MAC-MOORE SISTERS
A multi-time top five fundraising team, the MacDonald-Moore sisters BILLIE and LACEY have been attending the Lansdowne Charity Motorcycle Ride since Billie's first year as a client of Lansdowne Children's Centre, at the age of just one month old.
Born with Brachial Plexus injury in her right arm, Billie's earliest years were a challenge.
The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that sends signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. A brachial plexus injury occurs when these nerves are stretched, compressed, or in the most serious cases, ripped apart or torn away from the spinal cord. Resulting symptoms can include:
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Numbness or loss of feeling in the hand or arm.
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Inability to control or move the shoulder, arm, wrist or hand.
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An arm that hangs limply.
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Burning, stinging or severe and sudden pain in the shoulder or arm.