Day 3

Today I was trying to think of different incidents in which Madison's life was in danger and it was a really scary time for our family. There were many incidents when she was younger that I don't remember because I was too young but my parents have told me some of the stories many times. They found out Madison had seizure disorder around the age of 3. Her first seizure was the worst of any seizures she has ever had and she had to be transported to the hospital by ambulance because she wasn't breathing. Having seizures adds to the difficulties that Madison faces and she takes a lot of medicine everyday to try and keep them under control. Madison had a seizure this past Christmas and ended up falling and breaking her wrist. We were all sitting in the living room together and she was just walking around the house and I can remember hearing a really loud noise and see the end of her falling behind the couch. My dad jumped up as fast as he could and ran over there. It is really hard when something like that happens because she can't tell us things like if she hit her head or if something hurts. We took her to the hospital to get everything checked out to make sure nothing was wrong and there we found out that her wrist was broken. It makes everything much harder that she is nonverbal because when something does happen we don't know what is wrong. Knowing that Madison could be hurt but she can't tell us makes me sick to my stomach and it makes me so thankful that I have a voice and I am able to talk. Most people take that for granted and I want people to know that not everyone has a voice, not everyone can express how they feel and what they need or want.

I am not writing this to make people feel sorry for Madison or my family, I just want to share my story and some of the things we go through on a daily basis. I want people to know that even though it is hard we are so thankful for having Madison in our lives and because she is, I get to share my stories with other people.