The mission that started because of Addi.
The beginning of the unexpected
Life can not and will never prepare you for an unexpected journey like this. It doesn't matter the cause, the age or the steps you may take prior to finding yourself on a journey so unexpected, caused by someone else. You find yourself helpless.
For us, being parents of 10 of over 22 years at the time of Addi's accident, we never in a million years could have imagine that something so traumatic would happen. Not like this. We always felt incredibly lucky, so blessed that we watched 10 children grow without a major illness or traumatic accident. When it came to outside education ... Each child learned the exact same thing starting at the exact same age when it came to the rules of being outside and street safety. So never in our wildest dreams did we think of it to even be possible that the youngest of our crew would be the one. Yet here we stood. In what felt like a dark void.
Even with nurses and Doctors talking to us, answering to the best of their abilities with so many unknowns and immense support this came with such a desperate feeling. Where do we even GO from here. What do we do next? What questions should we be asking.
Once we were home, we knew that we didn't want another parent to feel what we were feeling if we could help it. Even if it meant just a little bit of support. A little bit of advocacy. And so, Addi's Miracle Foundation was born.
We invite you to learn more about Addi's accident and injuries, learn more about us and what our goal is by scrolling through our website. If you have any questions at all, if you need support or advocacy please reach out. It doesn't matter where you are on this journey, you don't have to do it alone.
-Katie & the Addi's Miracle Foundation team.