A story about a child with multiple disabilities. Cajun Marie is 5 years old, and she is the daughter of Bill Sandusky's older brother, Marvin.
Cajun Marie is a very special, if not unique, little girl.
She is the adopted daughter of Marvin and Antoinette Sandusky, and she is five years old. She was born in Korea, and she is a child with many special needs.
First of all, she has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy that has left her unable to walk and needing a wheelchair during the times she is up. She is also deaf and is unable to talk; and she also has vision problems and is profoundly mentally disabled. She is tube-fed, and she is not toilet-trained; yet, in light of all of her special physical and mental needs, she has an outgoing, happy personality that somehow seems to bring out the very best in people. For Cajun Marie is quite pretty with her long, shoulder-length black hair that is kept back from her round, olive-colored face with a headband, big, bright almond-shaped eyes that seem to miss very little, although she cannot see, and pretty bow lips that are always in a smile. She laughs or chortles often, and it is a rare day when Cajun Marie is unhappy or angry.
Cajun Marie lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with her daddy, Marvin, her mother, Antoinette, and her sisters (one younger, the rest older). Her sisters are named Danielle Elena (Dani), Abigail Sky (Abbi), Ami Claire, Suzan Therese (Suzi), Desiree' Nichole (Ree), and Diana Sue. Like Cajun, Dani, Abbi, Ree, Suzi, and Ami are adopted; Diana is Marvin and Antoinette's only biological child. Cajun was born in Korea, as was Abbi. Desiree' and Dani both came from Eastern Europe, from Romania, and Ami and Suzi both came from Vietnam.
Cajun Marie and Danielle are the only two special-needs children in the family, and both girls require much in the way of care; but their adoptive family doesn't mind one bit. The two youngest girls are especially cherished, and loved, by their remaining family members, and whenever the family goes out to visit or go shopping, or whatever, the two youngest girls are always included. There is no hiding or shame for these two special children, and people are soon won over by the two girls' outgoing personalities, their disabilities, although quite obvious, temporarily forotten for the moment. (While Cajun is obviously more hndicapped than her baby sister, Dani does have her problems, and because of it she goes to therapy three times a week. Dani is developmentally delayed.)
It is quite a challenge to raise not one, but two special-needs children in the same family, but the Sanduskys do it with style and grace, and they have proved their mettle as fine parents with a job to do. The family is intact, and it is obvious to others just how very well loved all of the girls are; all are growing into beautiful, well-adjusted, and outgoing children with a purpose in life.
((((((((HUGS)))))))) for an awesome writer, and an great write!
two things, though: you say that cajun marie and danielle are the only special needs children in the family; what is wrong with danielle? you don't clarify; and shouldn't it be "children with special needs"? they are children, first...not their disability
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