RoccaMama

On October 22nd, 20008 I gave birth to a perfect baby girl, Arianna Rae, at 34 weeks. She stayed in the hospital for 9 days and then went home. At 14 days old, she got her first double inner ear infection. The doctor said it was probably due to her being early and having a weak immune system. The double inner ear infections kept coming and coming and coming. They'd clear up and soon after she'd get another. By her first birthday she had 18. When she was 10 months is when she lost her hearing due to the chronic inner ear infections. I knew she went deaf before the doctor even told me. She wasn't the same baby anymore. She'd jump and scream when you went to pick her up from behind, she didn't respond to her name or noises anymore and she cried constantly.

I soon started teaching both myself and her sign language. I did the hand-in-hand technique. She picked up on it amazingly quickly. When she was 13 months she started getting sick again, but it was more than inner ear infections this time. Her joints her bloated, she was completely lethargic and then started passing blood in her urine. Long story short, she had Nehpritis triggered by Goodpasture's Syndrome, which is lung and kidney failure. I've almost lost her to it more than once. I would always think "just how much more can one little person take?" and then something else would happen.

Now, she's three and is doing much better, apart from never sleeping. Her health has improved, her attitude has changed. She is fluent in both ASL and BSL; had to teach her British when we moved to England. She just blows me away with how smart and strong she is. There are still some pretty rough days, but we always get through them. This little girl is my world and I can't imagine my life without her. She is still as perfect to me now as she was the day she was born.

Deafness

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rockin'robin

Sad but beautiful story....thks for sharing.

tmichelle79

SMDH

Prayers for Arianna Rae | Warrior Eli Hoax Group: Finding the Fakers One at a Time

deafdyke

Well lucky she didn't turn into a Sunny or any of our other deaf fakers.

Angel1989

Can't believe it was another fake!!!! The article was so touching until I got to the end of it and found out it was all made up. Sad, sad, sad!!!

shel90

Ouch

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caz12

i dont understand,are you saying this is not true?how do you know.

Bottesini

Post #3 has a link to the site where they expose the fakes, and shows how they knew.

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caz12

what nasty people to do that.

CSign

I saw the OP the day it was posted. I didn't respond because I could tell it was a bunch of BS. I didn't realize at the time that she also had created a public FB page. This woman has hurt a lot of people- even more than our local Sunny character hurt. Very sad. I feel bad for all those people who have their hearts and support to this woman (now known by her real name Stacy Sanders), but I also feel bad for her. I'm glad her father is stepping up to make sure she continues to get the help she needs.

Lau2046

I don't understand the mindset. What exactly do they gain from doing this? Does it make them feel good to get sympathy?

Laura

Angel1989

I wonder if the peoples pictures she used can sue her some how? She needs to be punished in some way IMO.

Lau2046

I'd say that would be a strong possibility....assuming they wanted to pursue it.

Laura

CSign

It appears that this hoax group is encouraging people who had "real" damages to contact the police department if they want to pursue criminal charges.