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Hiya Everyone!! My name is Autumn!! |
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There are a
lot of things that I love!!
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I would especially like to help other kids who have spina bifida.
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I also want to share the other things I enjoy.
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Well, my mom was really surprised when I was born with my spinal cord open. She already had 3 very
healthy boys. I guess living with this is kinda different, but i don't pay much attention to it. I
had my surgery to close my back the day I was born and a few weeks later they put a shunt in to drain
the spinal fluid from my brain to stomach. That was at Brenner's Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem,
NC. They are GREAT folks there!!! At first mommy was scared that if she touched me too much she would
hurt me. But there was a really great nurse there that got mom right outta that! Now I am 4 and I go
to a preschool that is just for physically challenged kids like me. I love school. We have inclusion
two days a week so that we can get used to kids that aren't like us... you know those "normal" ones.
My mommy says I am just perfect... and just like everybody else. I walk with a walker sometimes.. and
I am the FASTEST crawler... and I get into trouble sometimes too. I would love to hear from other special
kids out there.... even though mommy has to help me write all this... of course all the kids out there
are special... so drop me a line sometime.
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Resources, Information, and links for spina bifida.
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great places on the web about spina bifida and other "challenges".
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Special thanks to brenner's children's hospital for taking such good care of me.
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Conductive education information
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and thanks to ronald mcdonald houses everywhere.
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Great site for info, links, resources, support.
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