As writen by Hanna\'s mother:

Hanna Ambrus was born on March 20, 2004, in Coral Springs, Florida. I had, for the second time, a wonderful but short pregnancy, I never felt better inside and out. My first, Daniel was born at 31 weeks. He was 5 years old and doing just fine by the time we had Hanna. She did the same as my son, out at 31 weeks. This time the delivery was different, though. She was breech and starting to have trouble. I was instantly wheeled to the OR. Quietness is all I heard. She didn’t cry at all for the first couple minutes. I thought the worst. But to my surprise, I heard her as they whisked her off to NICU. Since I’ve been through a premature birth already, I knew the drill. After a month, Hanna came home and I thought everything was going fine until I went to CDTC, in Fort Lauderdale. The therapists there asked me about her head lying to one side and her not having as much movement as, I guess, she should have. I told her she has been going to the pediatrician regularly and she had no concerns. This therapist showed some concern. By the time Hanna was 8 months old, still not rolling or sitting I was really getting worried, I have wondered if something wasn’t right, but until she got sick, nobody seemed interested enough in her lack of abilities. I was trying not to compare my child with others. Hanna got ill over the weekend and the on-call office questioned her not being able to do things. I changed my insurance to go to the Dr. I saw in this “concerned” office. Tests where run and that is when I found out she had spastic cerebral palsy. Then it all began, more testing, therapies, seizures, medications. Our insurance only covers a total of 1 hour PT and 1 hour OT. We paid for the other therapies.

 

My son is starting to be seriously affected by this time, he didn’t quite understand why Hanna wasn’t doing the things other kids her age did. He wants to run and play games with her, but she can’t. It breaks his heart and everyone else’s, who knows her. I spoke with his teacher, to get help or ideas on what I could do to make things a little more special for him. Not too long after this conversation, his teacher found the article for the TheraSuit Program and sent it home to me. Since then, I have been having yard sales and fundraiser things to raise money for this program. My goal is to be here in spring of 2007. She wants to walk; it’s just too difficult right now. We know she will one day. She is the sweetest, most determined little girl that has something for us all to learn. I hope one day, I will know what that is. Please do what ever you can to help our precious angel.