A 13 Year old Girl's Inspiring Efforts
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:48 pm
....Some of us OBPI-ers may have a combo of OBPI and CP...(I do)...this may inspire someone...
From the Tacoma News Tribune, article by Kathleen Merriman...:
Andrina McDonald, 13, a student at Meeker Middle School, turned a disability into an opportunity to put other young patients at ease. Born prematurely with cerebral palsy, she agreed to be the first ambulatory Mary Bridge patient to have a special pump implanted to deliver medication directly to her spine.
Now Andrina visits kids facing the same decision. She tells them what it’s like and how it affects her. Those honest conversations are gifts beyond reckoning for the hospital and its young patients."
Hugs all around,
Carolyn J
LOBPI/72
From the Tacoma News Tribune, article by Kathleen Merriman...:
Andrina McDonald, 13, a student at Meeker Middle School, turned a disability into an opportunity to put other young patients at ease. Born prematurely with cerebral palsy, she agreed to be the first ambulatory Mary Bridge patient to have a special pump implanted to deliver medication directly to her spine.
Now Andrina visits kids facing the same decision. She tells them what it’s like and how it affects her. Those honest conversations are gifts beyond reckoning for the hospital and its young patients."
Hugs all around,
Carolyn J
LOBPI/72