Brianna

Brianna first opened her eyes and saw the light of day at 6:06PM on June 4, 1993 at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, Mich. She was born on her aunt's (Sues sister, Peggy's) birthday. Bri was a preemie and had many strikes against her from this first moment. She weighed a mere 3 lbs 13 1/2 oz and was 17 inches long. Brianna's fight for life had begun. Being prenatally exposed to alcohol and heroine and her birth mom having gonorrhea Bri's biggest battle began...LIFE. Brianna demonstrated what a strong little girl she is very early and continues to daily. Due to her early birth and the prenatal exposure to substances Brianna has fetal alcohol syndrome, spastic quad cerbral palsy, microcephaly, failure to thrive, nonverbal, legally blind due to congenital glaucoma and could lose total vision at any point in time, mentally impaired, ADHD, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, developmentally delayed ( I always like this dx and think right why not with all that is in her life). Bri is ambulatory, in fact before surgeries on her legs and botox injections she did naturally what many a ballerina pays big bucks to do..Yes, she was a very adept toe walker (no toe runner). Throughout the past 4 yrs and numerous procedures she now walks flat footed with the help of full leg braces and AFO's (even casts didn't stop this little minnie mite-in fact during serial casting at one point she even took the casts off). Due to the lacking verbal skills and the fetal acohol syndrome Bri is a very bad head banger when frustrated and/or overstimulated. She also grinds her teeth and drives her older siblings crazy. Even at her young age she knows how to get to us. Brianna is a tiny package of dynamic energy proving that "Good Things Do Come In Small Packages" with a smile and twinkle in her eye that tugs at any heart that is priviledged to know her. She is the light of our days and the warmth of our hearts and we are blessed we were chosen to be her earthly parents when her biological parent's rights were terminated and she became our daughter forever and always on July 18, 1996 with a judge's signature on the final order of adoption. Love you Brianna Leigh and thank you for teaching us what life is all about. WE LOVE YOU..Mom Dad and Your Brothers and Sisters.....

Alcohol CHANGES
Everyone's Lives

Thank You Jo-Irish Cream

Thank You Peg '06

Thank You Marge '06

Thank You Joanne '06

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