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Wheels for Layna

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Even though it takes a lot of work, I have learned that having a special needs child is a blessing. In the fall of 2009 I went into the ER with complaints of severe cramping and pain which the doctor ended up having to perform an emergency c-setion. I was shocked and overwhelmed with the news that my baby girl wasn't able to breath on her own due to being in distress causing her lack of oxygen, but thankfully she did have a heartbeat. I was able to see her for a brief moment before they rushed her off to Children's Mercy Hospital Downtown. There they put her on the cooling pad to help prevent further brain damage and also on a machine to help her breath. After 10 days we had a meeting with the doctors telling us that they didn't know what her quality of life would be or if she would even be able to breath on her own due to the brain damage she endured. By the grace of god and after many many prayers she came off the breathing machine with no problems the next day. She spent a total of 5wks and her very first Christmas in the NICU beating all the odds. She loves going school where she has made lots of friends, enjoys using her switches to communicate, she loves to swing on the playground and has made more progress than we thought she could. She does have delays and lots of needs but she is a fighter and such a happy little girl with a very enriched life. We take her everywhere.......church, dance, movies, family functions, Starlight, the zoo, and she even loves going to listen to live music/entertainment. Soon it will be hard for us to take her places because she will out grow her car seat and she will become to heavy to lift in/out of the car. Our ultimate goal is to raise enough money that we can afford the use of a proper wheelchair accessible vehicle.

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Katherine Talbott
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Kansas City, MO

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