On August 14^th 2004 wewere proud parents of our baby girl Tyra she was such a blessing brought into our family and her brothers and sisters adored her dearly. At the age of 2 months Tyra was having weird movements and several of them daily. I called her doctor they immediately sent us to the Childrens hospital to have a EEG. I was siting in the waiting room and the neurologist came out and pulled up a chair. She told me Tyra had infantile spasms. What that meant to me? Nothing that couldn’t be cured. After she told me about this disease I asked her what we had to do to fix it? That is when the news came that it could never be fixed. Still at that moment in time I had faith in my heart that there was something out there. So I went home that night and instantly jumped on the internet to find more about this “infantile spasms” at that point and that point only was the first time that I felt helpless. Everything I read was horrific! I planned her life from that point. She will be medicated for life and she will never be normal. Every night I had negotiation’s with God. We didn’t know where to go from there. As Tyra progressed through the next couple of years, I was so thrilled she could actually walk! I never thought I would see that day.

In November of 2007 things took a turn for the worst. Tyra has lost her ability to walk and even many days the ability to hold up her own head. She suffers from aroud 25-50 seizures each day (myclonic,atonic,drop seizures, partials…etc)She is unable to talk, show any emotion or even recognize her family at times.

We have found a treatment that has much hope for Tyra to have a chance at life, as any person should be able to have. So we send this email in hopes that you will help us reach our goal. The treatment cost $30,000.00 dollars and is only done in the Dominican Republic. We hope that this email campaign can help us reach a portion of our goal! You can help make a difference!