CHILDREN PROJECTS
Adalyn's Prayer Team
On the afternoon of February 26, 2013, I received a call
from Adalyn’s babysitter. She said that something was
wrong, and she had called 911. I immediately ran from my
classroom, through the school, and went a few blocks away
to where Adalyn’s babysitter lived. The ambulance was already there, along with the police. The police motioned for
me to go into the ambulance as I was running across the
yard. While in the ambulance with my daughter, I could tell
that something was horribly wrong-Adalyn was not acting
like herself. I could tell she was in pain. Adalyn then had a
seizure, which is now an image engrained in my memory
that I will never forget as much as I may want to. Watching
her having a seizure, I felt so helpless. As Adalyn's mommy,
I was always able to make her feel better with cuddles, singing, and kisses. This was different, I could tell she was hurting, and there wasn't anything I could do. I cried and prayed
as the ambulance took her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
They prepared her there to be transferred to St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville. Once we got to Evansville, they did a CT
scan which determined that Adalyn had been violently
abused and shaken while she was a