Benefit Fair

Emma was born with Down syndrome and within a year developed juvenile diabetes. Her days are filled with endless monitoring and continual struggles. On July 19th, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. we will be having a benefit fair at Wines Park (500 N. Center, Lehi) in behalf of Emma to help her family cope with the medical costs of major surgeries, medication, and doctor appointments that have buried the young family and will for years to come. A non-profit organization called Endless Hope Foundation has been started on behalf of Emma and donations are accepted at any Zions Bank. If you're interested in helping, please leave a comment with a way you can be reached. Thank you.

Team Emma

Having a child with special needs means that you raise your baby with a whole group of people and specialists. It really stinks! We selfishly want her all to ourselves. Emma's first team members: Kids on the Move (early childhood intervention services). Therapists started coming to work with Emma at our house (during lock down) when she was 2 months old. Emma had to do physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and classes at the KOTM center all to help her overcome her developmental delay. Kids on the Move has been awesome! Unfortunately, she was only able to stay there until she was 3 because the school district takes over at age 3.

Emma's second team members: Doctors, lots of them. Pediatrician, Pediatric Endocrynologist, Pediatric Opthamologist, Pediatric E.N.T., Pedicatric G.I., Pediatric Surgeon, etc. These are just the main ones that Emma sees on a regular basis.

Emma's third team members: Family. Everybody in the family just adores little Emma. The difficulty comes when Mom and Dad need to take a break and we can't just leave her with any babysitter. Fortunately, our family has been willing and made a lot of effort to learn her care so they can help out.