Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post blog from Sharon Lackey, the mother of a Special Olympics Athlete
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post blog from Sharon Lackey, the mother of a Special Olympics Athlete
By Sharon Lackey
We found out that we were having a baby on our 9 year anniversary. We were in disbelief because we didn’t think it would ever happen. I had a normal pregnancy and Whitney was born a healthy baby girl. Two months later our world was rocked to its core when Whitney began having seizures and was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). We had never heard of this rare disease, and the outlook the doctors gave us at the time was that she would probably never walk or talk.
Imagine now, 17 years later, our intense excitement that Whitney will be competing at the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games representing Team Tennessee!
Whitney’s road to the USA Games has had its fair share of challenges, for both Whitney…
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