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We are now visiting family before we leave on Monday.  Benaiah has been doing very good with the interruption of life and the break from therapy.  He loves his aunts 2 dogs and I think they may love him but may find him annoying.  He says they are going to Ukraine along with his grandma's dog.  So it appears we may have a dog lover in the family.


If you plan on shopping at Amazon, please take time to support CHASA. If you're buying items from Amazon.com this year, you can help raise funds for the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (the org that sponsors this facebook group). Amazon will donate a portion of sales to CHASA if you access their

site by using the link on the CHASA site. http://www.chasa.org/you-can-help/amazon-fundraiser/ There's no extra cost to you - it's a freebie, so help us out! This is what has helped me so much understand Benaiah's stroke and lasting effects

 

Finally, I didn't post this last month. I was thrilled to see we are getting the word out on pediatric stroke.  "The Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, CHASA, was awarded the National Outstanding Group at the National Stroke Association's RAISE Awards this evening. CHASA was nominated for this award by Lisa Curely, Conner's mom. Lisa contacted us in July to let us know that she was nominating CHASA as an Outstanding Group. We were really excited and honored that Lisa wante

d to nominate CHASA. Lisa has attended the CHASA Family Retreat, so she knows some of the things we do to help kids with hemiplegia. In September, NSA contacted me to tell us that CHASA was nominated by multiple people - I don't have all the names - and that we were chosen for this award. NSA knew all the activities that YOU, CHASA families, have done to increase pediatric stroke awareness - purple hair dye, tattoos, signs on your houses, walks, selling wristbands, giving talks at school, making posters, setting up displays at pancake restaurants and all the other crazy things you do to spread the word about pediatric stroke.

So, what we want you to know is that every time you told someone that our kids have hemiplegia or pediatric stroke, you were spreading awareness. And, one of the adult stroke organizations took notice. Jana Smoot White and Julie Julie Stumpek Ring are accepting this award on behalf of all of you, the CHASA Families. This would not have happened without you!