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A United Way fundraising project started by Megan Barron, Plymouth High School senior, to promote friendly competition between Plymouth and Triton Schools, led to the United Way benefitting with $3,201 raised from both communities.
 
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Child has overcome many obstacles β€” at just 4 years old E-mail
Thursday, 02 October 2008
By Carol Anders Staff Writer
PLYMOUTH — Four-year-old Abrianna Clark has endured more than most people have to go though in a lifetime.
When she was only 5-days-old, she went into cardiac arrest due to a coartation of the heart, a blocked artery that pumped blood to her lower extremities also causing kidney failure.
Abrianna is on kidney dialysis and is in need of a transplant.
Approximately one year ago, Abrianna’s mother and her uncle went though a battery of tests to determine if they could be matched as a donor.
Two weeks before Christmas in 2007, the good news came. Her mother, Danielle, is a match.
Now, after 14 surgeries and procedures, including four heart surgeries and several hernia repairs stemming from her dialysis treatments, Abrianna will go in for her most important one. Although they hoped to have the transplant surgery in October or November of this year, tests performed on her mother within the last few weeks detected a kidney stone. The transplant will now have to wait until the stone is eliminated.
Once the transplant surgery is completed at Riley’s Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, she will be hospitalized for an extended time. When Abrianna is able to return home, the family will have to take her for follow-up care every two weeks until she has fully recovered.
Her mother will also be off work for an extended period of time.
Danielle said, “Abrianna looks like a normal little girl. You can’t tell anything is wrong with her until you see all of her scars.” “She has gone through so much.”
A benefit to help with the expenses that the family will incur is planned for Saturday, Oct. 11 at the National Guard Armory in Plymouth.
Doors will open at 3 p.m. with a dinner served at 5:00 p.m.
There will also be door prizes, raffles, games for kids, and live music.
Tickets for the fundraiser will be $10 per person or $25 per family.
Other donations may be dropped off at Danielle’s work at Millea’s in Plymouth or in one of the cans that have been distributed at businesses throughout town.
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 
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