Tech Toward Triumph

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Please help with the purchase of the Activator for Lanie - $6,600.00


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  • 3 months: Diagnosed blind.
  • 2yrs: Retinal detachment, enucleation of left eye.
  • 6yrs: Gastric emptying disorder, can’t digest food, body doesn’t produce insulin.
  • 12yrs: Skin disorder, allergy to sun and painful skin lesions.
  • 15yrs: Extreme pain in right eye diagnosed with glaucoma.
  • 16yrs: She decides to have right eye removed while at school.
  • 18yrs: Diagnosed autistic.
  • 18yrs: Symptoms of fibromyalgia start.
  • 19yrs: Graduating valedictorian highest TAKS test scores in grade level at TSBVI. 4 scholarships.
  • 19yrs: 2 weeks til graduation and has to come home. Stripped of scholarships, graduation present from school(BrailleNote), and her position as valedictorian. Gets diploma in mail.
  • 19yrs: Diagnosed with fibromyalgia
  • 25yrs: Finally well enough to try to go to college. Applies to South University Online. Gets in!
  • 27yrs: Convinced by "friends" to switch from South University to Brigham Young University Idaho. Gets in!
  • 27yrs: Gastric issues. Can’t get through a semester. Drops out of college.
  • 28yrs: Morbidly obese due to gastrointestinal problems. Weight causing more problems for her.
  • 28yrs: Hospitalized 3 times for gallstones and other gastrointestinal problems.
  • 29yrs: Recommended bariatric surgery. Strict diet.
  • 30yrs: Losing weight on diet, swimming. First time I’ve heard her laugh in years.
  • 30yrs: Headaches (debilitating!).
  • 30yrs: Misdiagnosed glaucoma! Flattened pituitary gland due to fluid build up in brain! Since birth! Ongoing spinal taps to relieve pressure.  Bedridden.
  • 30yrs: Decides to give college another try. Stilll in hospital.
  • 30yrs: Applies to Penn State. Gets in!! Short lived. Drops out , headaches are too bad. Can’t keep up. Severe depression.
  • 31yrs: Moved to Pipe Creek. Has stents put in her skull to relieve pressure. Successful but only helps 40% with pain and “wooshing” sound in her head.
  • 32yrs. Bedridden.
  • 33yrs: Diagnosed with esophageal dismotility ( always had it, thought was normal, she upchucks every drink and bite has to force down).
  • 33yrs: Tries college again. Colorado Christian University. Gets in!
  • 33yrs: Completes first semester!  Feeling better.
  • 33yrs: Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Took a C on her final grade. First C ever! Dropped classes.

If there’s one thing I know about my daughter is she isn’t a quitter! I think most people wouldn’t blame her if she did. The headaches were going on the whole time. She just thought it was normal. I remember when she was around 4, she’d say her hair hurt. We laughed it off. Thought it was because she had a lot of hair and hated having it brushed. It kills me now to talk about everything. I can barely get through her story that’s why I did a timeline. Every time she accepts her diagnosis and gets on with life, still trying to do something with what she has. Her goals changing every time her condition changes. Exchanging dream for lesser dream. But she keeps going. Every time I think, “this is it,  she’s not gonna get through it this time”,she does. She cries alone in her room many nights. She tries to be strong so I don’t hear her. She doesn’t want me to be sad. Can you believe that? God, if she only knew, I don’t matter. I’d change places with her so fast. It should be allowed. Mothers should be able to do that. She told me after she decided to remove her right eye, because I was crying, she said, “look at it this way, you’ll forever be young in my eyes”. She hadn’t seen my face since she was a baby! She’s in so much pain she wants to remove her eye but she’s worried about me? I pray every day she will get a break. That she won’t get another disorder or life altering diagnosis. I used to pray because she was blind, that was so long ago. Lanie says that’s a cake walk. Lanie’s a techie. She gets so excited to get something new. She’ll mess with it all night. Rheumatoid arthritis is taking her hands. You can’t imagine what that’s like for a blind person. So I don’t know where we’ll go from here, but I’m not gonna count her out. She has more determination than I’ve ever seen in my life. I hope her story inspires you. I hope you share it. I think we all have something to be grateful for. If Lanie can, we can too. Hope you’ll give her that support with this amazing technology. Let her know you believe she’ll get that degree one day. That you believe she’ll accomplish her dream. And if you pray, please pray for my girl. Thank you if you read all the way to here. Even if you can’t donate. Thank you and God bless you.


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