My name is Autumn Dolbear and I have a twin sister named Maya. My favorite color is purple and I really like elephants right now. Some of my favorite things to do are go to karate class, go on walks outside, and go to school. I really love when we do art at school with sparkles! (Mommy calls the sparkles glitter, but I like to call them sparkles.) I'm a lot like other five year old girls except I have a condition called Chiari Malformation.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Getting to my surgery!

This is a picture from my trip to Seattle to see the doctor. I was really excited because the doctor told me they could make me feel better. My Chiari malformation makes me have Central Sleep Apnea. This makes it very hard for me to get good sleep and makes me cranky a lot of the time. I also get a lot of really bad headaches and pain in my back. Sometimes, I even get pain in my arms and legs because of my Chiari malformation. The doctors at Seattles Children's Hospital will do surgery for me to make me feel better on May 10th. I just have to get there and have somewhere for Mommy to stay. We live in Billings Montana so this is a really big trip for us. Because Maya and I have had so many health problems, Mommy had to quit her job to stay home and take care of us, so we don't have much money to travel with. I really want to have my surgery so I can feel better and but I need some people to help my family out with the travel costs so that we can get to Seattle in time for my surgery. Thank you so much for reading my story and for any donations you may make!!!

I'll keep you posted on how things are going and any new news from the doctors. Thank you, again!
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