Testimony
Hello, my name is Seth Walker. Let me start by telling you a little bit about myself. I was born on January 7, 1996. It was a snowy Sunday morning, known as the “Blizzard of ‘96.” There were complications during my birth, and I was born not breathing. I was born with no heartbeat, and I did not breathe on my own for about thirty minutes. In reality, I was born dead, but the doctors brought me back to life. I was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for the first week of my life, but I made a remarkable recovery according to the doctors. I went home after seven days in the hospital. Because of the lack of oxygen to my brain during my birth, I have a condition called cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy affects brain function, and it is a life-long condition, which has no cure. It can be severe, or it can be mild. It can affect any area of the brain from muscle control to speech or cognitive skills such as, “smarts” or intelligence. My cerebral palsy is in the middle or a medium case. It affect...