Sara's Garden Quarterly Newsletter

Sara's Garden ● 620 West Leggett Street ● P.O. Box 150 ● Wauseon, OH 43567 ● 419.335.SARA

'Never' Should be a 4 Letter Word

Joshua was born at only 26 weeks. Doctors were unable to determine any cause for the premature delivery. Shortly after his birth, he experienced a Grade 4 intraventricular hemorrhage. This prolonged internal bleeding resulted in severe trauma and damage to his brain. According to the doctors, Joshua would never survive.

In what would mark the first in a long list of overcoming 'nevers' placed on him by others, Joshua lived. Due to issues with his biological parents' home life, Joshua became a ward of the state, placing further uncertainty on his long term survival. Following Joshua's successful fight to recover from his traumatic birth, the foster care system was told that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life. They needed to understand that there were no positive expectations for Joshua's life. Any prospective foster parents would need to realize the severity of his condition and come to terms with what his life most certainly would and would not be.

Joshua was given a list of 'nevers' - things he could not, and would not ever accomplish. He would never walk. He would never talk. He would never eat on his own. He would never be able to take care of himself. He would need drugs to control his condition for the rest of his life. He would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. As he grew, no one would be able to take care of him on their own. He should be put in a home that would be equipped to meet his countless needs.

What a sad, limiting prediction for life. Thankfully, Joshua's story doesn't end with the 'nevers'. Read More.

What if Your Doctor Just Doesn't Know?

Doctors are rarely taught about hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in medical school and therefore most do not know about it. Only about 20 medical schools, less than 15 percent, have actual hyperbaric oxygen facilities, while perhaps another 20 have access to HBOT facilities.

If physicians don't know about a therapy, they obviously won't prescribe it. If they don't prescribe HBOT, there is no incentive for more hyperbaric treatment facilities to be established.

Therefore, there exist very few hyperbaric chambers, compared with potential need and benefit that could otherwise be achieved—only about 400 chambers in the entire U.S.A. Read more.

Change Lives by Pledging $12 in ‘12

Sara's Garden is so thankful for the ability to operate through the generosity of a very supportive community. Less than $1 a day can change the life of a child in need. We urge you to consider pledging with us with a monthly gift of support.

Through our monthly giving program, sponsored families receive the right help at the right time. And sponsorship gives sponsors a tremendous sense of satisfaction and a feeling of accomplishment through helping a child with disabilities have a better life.

When you sponsor a family through Sara’s Garden you help change their lives, and you may find that through this process your life is changed as well. Read more.

Learning Your Way to Independence

February 23rd is National Conductive Education Day 2012 across North America.

Across the continent there are literally millions of children and adults who could be learning how to become more mobile, independent and self-confident with a dynamic learning system called Conductive Education.

Developed over sixty years ago in Hungary by Dr. András Pető, Conductive Education (CE) maximizes the independence and mobility of children and adults with disabilities like stroke survivors, and those with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, acquired brain injuries, Parkinson's disease and spina bifida. Read more.

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