4-year-old needs device to help her breathe
Cincinnati.com | December 11, 2011 | By Mark Hansel
Karah Barry’s mind is as sharp as any other 4-year-old’s.
She is bright and personable, reads, participates in a preschool program and plays on a miracle league baseball team.
Karah’s body, however, prevents her from participating in a lot of other activities common to girls of her age.
She has spinal muscular atrophy type 1, commonly referred to as SMA.
Karah cannot walk, talk, sit, or swallow and she is at high risk of acute respiratory failure. She relies on an automatic cough assist machine and a technique called CPT because she has no ability to clear secretions.
“She is a prisoner in her own body,” said Danielle Barry, Karah’s mother.
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