Brianna was born with Spina Bifida, club feet and hydrocephalus. She came into our lives when she was just 18 days old. There were many challenges and surgeries along the way. Due to this she developed Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and that has been one of our greatest struggles yet. At age 6 we made the difficult (but necessary) decision to have her feet amputated. While this has actually improved Brianna's mobility it was a difficult step to take in life. She has also struggled with the decision that we made 3 years ago to have a port put into her belly button to make intermittent cathing easier. She was in surgery 17 hrs, 3 days in ICU and 7 more days in the hospital. Brianna resents having it done and it really triggers her ODD. She is a brilliant girl and I know she will do great things in her lifetime. We just need to get through the day to day struggles we have today.8
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