Madelynn Martha Light & Kyle Albert Light
Premature Twins

It's hard to wipe the smile off of Melissa and Jeff Light's faces. The couple has good reason to smile as they have been doubly blessed. Nine years of trying to have a child has resulted in the birth of twins. Born eight weeks premature, the babies spent several weeks in the Special Care Nursery. While there, a team of highly qualified doctors and nurses cared for the babies. CMN played several roles in the baby's birth and recovery and the Light's say the care they received was excellent.

Sarah Penner

Apraxia - Motor Speech Problem - Trouble sequencing

Simple words sometimes aren't so simple for six-year-old Sarah Penner of Hubbardsville. Sarah is the fourth child of Lisa and Russell Penner and has apraxia, a speech disorder in which a person has trouble saying what he or she wants to say correctly and consistently. One of the most notable symptoms is difficulty putting sounds and syllables together in the correct order to form words. Longer or more complex words are usually harder to say than shorter or simpler words. For example, Sarah can say the word "curt," but may have troubles when saying a word like "curtain" and even more trouble when saying a phrase like "curtain rod."

Sarah's speech therapist is Erin Reed. Erin credits the Penner family and their work outside of the Faxton-St. Luke's speech sessions for her continued growth and improvement. The Penners are very thankful to CMN for helping to cover some of the cost of the speech sessions and for helping their little girl better communicate with them.