Charlee was born a healthy little girl, however, by age one, she was not hitting the milestones,” said her mother, Desiree Shepard. “Doctors appointments after doctors appointments, an MRI discovered she had white matter loss on the right side of her brain, which affected her left side.”
Shepard says Charlee had a stroke inutero. “She was tested for blood disorder and was positive for Factor V Leiden. With no one else in the family affected with this type of hereditary blood disorder, Charlee was the only one that was spontaneously effected by this,” said Shepard.
In her 10 years of life, Charlee has had two surgeries.
“One that was to lengthen her hamstrings and the most recent to de-rotate her femur and shin,” said Shepard. “ She also had torsal coalition on both feet in which the doctor stated was the worst that he’s operated on. A 6-8 week stay in the hospital was actually a 3-4 week stay and she was home, greeted by her family and friends in the driveway,” said Shepard.
The event was a wonderful memory for Charlee.
“While in the hospital, the nurses and therapist Charlee had would come in and she would notice their shirts they were wearing. Each of them stated ‘be kind’ and wore tie dye. Charlee had extensive rehab for three hours a day for physical therapy and one hour for OT,” said Shepard.
“After a few days of Charlee mentioning their T-shirts, we realized how much of a small thing, meant so much to her.”
Shepard said a small Facebook post resulted in a lot of people reaching out and buying T-shirts.
A company called Sunshine Sisters has got ten a lot of attention from the ones in Charlee’s life. Family and friends all over have purchased T-shirts to remember that today and everyday…is a day to be kind.
“Everyone is battling their own battle,” said Shepard.
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