Shopping at Target: A seemingly simple task that thousands
of people do every day.
But for one family, their weekly trip to the Target store
in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, was filled with stress. Until this week.
Adam Standiford's daughter, Savannah, has a rare
chromosomal deletion that causes life-threatening conditions such as
hydrocephalus, uncontrolled epilepsy, cerebral palsy, a heart defect, chronic
kidney disease, a complicated and small airway and severe intellectual
impairments. The 6-year-old has had four brain surgeries, is g-tube fed and
doesn't walk.
"When Savannah was younger we were easily able to
whisk her up -- oxygen tank, apnea monitors and all -- and put her in cart or
use her stroller for transportation. As she has aged, she has grown as well as
our family. She is currently almost 4 foot tall and nearing 35 pounds. She no
longer fits in a standard shopping cart," Standiford told ABC News.
To read more on this story, click here: How a Target Shopping Cart Changed This Family's Life
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