Heather was born on the bedroon floor to a 15 year old girl who said she didn't even know she was pregnant Christmas morning of 1989. She spent the next 4 days of her life in ICU due to low blood sugar and failure to thrive. Heather was diagnosed as having Congenital CMV (CytoMeglio Virus) at that time. She was also born about 4 weeks early and only weighed 4lbs 6oz. Heather was then taken out of ICU but remained in the Hosp. for 10 more days. The next 10 weeks she was in foster care and on March 28, 1990 was placed with me for adoption. November of that year I was Activated to the Persian Gulf and was there for 6 months. Heathers development was noted to be delayed and her behavior was such that she was evaluated and was found to be ADHD at the age of 3 years. She was also found to have a seperation disorder due to having no one to bond to from birth till she was 3 months old and then after just 7 months with me I had to leave her for a while. I always tease Heather that she never did learn to walk she just started running.












Angelica Pickles

Angelica Pickles is Drew and Charolettes' child, three years old. A spoiled little brat, she loves to push the younger kids around, steal their toys or candy, and just make their lives miserable. Usually playing on someones fear, or magnifying falsehoods. Always blames mishaps on someone else, usually the kids. Actually, you get to see a nice side of her quite often, but usually when she attempts to apologize, somehow it backfires... She is one of the few kids who can talk in both the children's world and the adult world, so can communicate both ways.

(Angelica is Heather's mentor. She can relate to Angelica.)







Heather would run, climb, jump, anything just to be moving. She would hit, screem, call you any name under the sun, reach, grab turn over anything in site. I really don't know where she got her vocabulary but it wasn't from me. The Dr said she has a mild form of Tourettes Syndrom so she would say any four letter word that would come to her mind. Heather has been in school since she was 3 years old and has had Ocupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy since she started. She went to K at a special school and then started in the Public school the following year and K again. She is now finishing 1st grade. She goes to a Resource Teacher most of the day but does get to interact with her class for Art, PE, Recess, Science and fun classes. Last year Heather spent a week in a Mental Health Center for an evaluation and Behavior Mod. Also during that time thay was able to adjust her Medications. She has been on Ritalin, Dexadrine, Desipramine, Cylert and many others which all have had side effects or caused her Tourettes to get worse. Now she is doing great on Aderall and Risperadol. We (The Dr. and I ) do not know how far Heather will develope but each day bring new hope and signs that she will grow into a lovely woman. Heather is the love of my life at this point in timee. Heather will talk to anyone and bring a smile to anyones face just by her presense. She always has a smile on her face that shows big dimples. The most precious time is when she comes into my bedroom and tells me Good Morning Mommy I Love you.